Etymograph

English

Rocco

Rocco may come from Old High German hruoh ‘crow’.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hruoh‘crow’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayRocco

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hruoh‘crow’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayRocco

The story

The meaning is obscure; Old High German hruoh (‘crow’) (from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz), hrok (‘rest’) (modern Ruhe) and rohōn (‘to roar’) (modern röhren) have been suggested.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ker- ‘army’

harry, caravan, rout, croup, roop, 5 more

through Proto-Indo-European *kreg-

retch

through Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz ‘rook, crow’

rugby, rook

Today it means

name A male given name from Italian, of mostly American usage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old High German hruoh / Rocco

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