Where does “crecoła” come from?
crecoła (Venetian) comes from Latin querquedula, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
crecoła (Venetian): garganey
Definitions
- garganey
Ancestry of “crecoła”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | querquedula | A kind of duck, perhaps the teal |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |