the vernacular name of a number of herbaceous plants, generally pertaining to the family Brassicaceae (with some exceptions), including: · Armoracia rusticana · Brassica nigra (balck mustard)
distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
çekim: çoğul rocas
köken: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, although the intermediate language is uncertain. Possibly Gothic *𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*rukka), however, the vowel quality in Iberian Romance (/ɔ/ in Portuguese, /we/ in Spanish) points to a possible West Germanic loanword, or to the influence of Latin rota (“wheel”). Cognate to Galician roca, Spanish rueca, Italian rocca, Old High German rocko (German Rocken).
distaff: a tool used in spinning fiber, such as wool · spinning, spun thread
çekim: çoğul colī · tamlayan colī
köken: Of uncertain origin, though possibly related to colō (“to till, cultivate”); attempts have been made to connect it to colubra (“female serpent”).
spinning distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
çekim: çoğul rocas
köken: Perhaps from Gothic *𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*rukka); or, given its open stressed vowel, rather from a West Germanic cognate of it (compare Old High German rocko), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô. Cognate with Portuguese roca and Spanish rueca.
aile: rocazo, rocanzo, roqueiro, rocón, recó
En cada terra seu uso, en cada roca seu fuso.
Polo fio d'unha roca ó estagamo seme bay, é cortafeira coideiche que acababa de finar.