gazza

See also: Gazza

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Old High German agaza (“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça/gacha, French agace, and possibly Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/
Rhymes: -addza
Hyphenation: gàz‧za

Noun

gazza f (plural gazze)

magpie

Derived terms

gazza marina

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këncë.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkadːd͡za/

Noun

gazza

fingernail
claw, talon

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ, whence also Old Norse gata, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō).

Noun

gazza f

lane

Descendants

Middle High German: gazze
- Central Franconian: Jass, Jaas; Gass; Gaß
- Bavarian: Gåssn
- German: Gasse
- Luxembourgish: Gaass
- Yiddish: גאַס‎ (gas)
- → Middle Low German: gatze, gadtze, gasse
  - Plautdietsch: Gauss
- → Middle Dutch: gasse
  - Dutch: gas
- → Slovene: gȃsa

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