zolla

Italian

Etymology

Either borrowed from Middle High German zolle, or from an earlier Lombardic scolla, zolla, (modern German Scholle), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō (compare West Frisian skyl (“peel, rind”), Dutch schil (“peel, skin, rink”), Low German Schell (“shell, scale”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish scelec (“pebble”), Latin silex (“pebble, flint”), siliqua (“pod”), Old Church Slavonic сколика (skolika, “shell”)).

Pronunciation
  • zòlla
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɔlla/

Noun

zolla f (plural zolle)

  1. lump, tussock, hassock
  2. turf, sod, divot
  3. a small plot of land; a small field

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