Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “cioc” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (s.n.): Cf. alb. čok, rom. cioc. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Homonym 2 (interj.): Onomatopee. → Made in Romanian · DEX '98

In film dialogue

13 times per million words · number 3,532 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

13 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
27	15	13	29	8.4

Swap in a synonym

gură (Inherited Latin), minți (Inherited Latin), vârf (Old Slavic), capăt (Made in Romanian), toc (Hungarian), înghițitură (Made in Romanian), plisc (Unknown origin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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