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Where does “nocchino” come from?

nocchino (Italian) comes from Italian nocca, from Lombardic knohha — knuckle, bone, knot.

nocchino (Italian): A blow to the head using the knuckles

Definitions

  1. A blow to the head using the knuckles

Ancestry of “nocchino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannoccaknuckle
2Lombardicknohhaknuckle, bone, knot
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