furco
Galician
/ˈfuɾko̝/
noun
Definitions
- the distance between the outstretched tips of the index finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement, equals to 1/6 of a vara, or 1/12 of a braza (fathom)
- plait of garlics or onions
Etymology
Derived from Latin furca (pitchfork, fork, forked stake, also gallows, beam, yoke, support post, stake, two-pronged fork).
Origin
Latin
furca
Gloss
pitchfork, fork, forked stake, also gallows, beam, yoke, support post, stake, two-pronged fork
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifurcate English
- fork English
- furciform English
- *furcatūra Latin
- *infurcāre Latin
- *infurcō Latin
- furca Latin
- furcatus Latin
- furcifer Latin
- furcilla Latin
- furcula Latin
- forca Italian
- forqueta Spanish, Castilian
- horca Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰerk(ʷ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *furkô Proto-Germanic
- *furkǭ Proto-Germanic
- forkr Old Norse
- forca Catalan, Valencian
- forcado Galician
- furcă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- forc Old Irish
- fourque Norman
- furka Old Dutch
- forca Old Portuguese
- furcã Aromanian
- fuorcha Romansh
- fuortga Romansh
- furtga Romansh
- forcje Friulian
- furke Old Frisian
- forca Old Spanish
- furchetta Sicilian
- forque xno
- fórca Ligurian
- fuarca Dalmatian
- *forx Proto-Brythonic
- forque ONF.