Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “ciocni” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Cf. bg. čukna, ucr. koknuti. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

In film dialogue

8.4 times per million words · number 4,539 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

8.1 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
2.5	14	15	29	20

Swap in a synonym

lovi (Old Slavic), bate (Inherited Latin), opune (Learned Latin), înfrunta (Inherited Latin), contrazice (Made in Romanian), crăpa (Inherited Latin), izbi (Old Slavic), plesni (Old Slavic)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

dar, iar, găsi, puțin, copil, ban, privi, băiat, naibă, ori, adică, vorbă