guercio m (feminine singular guercia, masculine plural guerci, feminine plural guerce)
guercio m (plural guerci, feminine guercia)
Of Germanic origin. Probably Old High German dwerah, twerh ‘crooked’ (continued in German überzwech ‘across’, Zwerchfell ‘diaphram’). Compare with Spanish and Catalan guercho, Ladin guersch, viersch.