Where does “vocca” come from?

vocca (Neapolitan) comes from Proto-Samic vëcë, from Proto-Uralic wete — water.

vocca (Neapolitan): mouth

Definitions

  1. mouth

Ancestry of “vocca”, step by step

vocca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Samic vëcë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicvëcëfreshly fallen snow
2Proto-Uralicwetewater

via Latin bucca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
Every word from Proto-Uralic weteEvery word from Proto-Samic vëcë