Proto-Basque: *Koroc
Meaning: dung (of livestock)
Bizkaian: gorotz, korotz
Gipuzkoan: gorotz
High Navarrese: gorotz, korotz
Low Navarrese: gorotz, khorotz
Lapurdian: gorotz, korotz
Zuberoan: gorotz, khorotz
Roncalese: gorotz
Comments: Trask (1995), following Corominas & Pascual, derives this word from Lat. crocea 'saffron-colored' (!). Agud & Tovar mention another fantastic derivation (Griera) from culotz 'the points that lie on burning coal piles'. Cf. instead PEC *ḳ[u]rč̣V ~ *ḳ[u]rć̣V, with the simple semantic equation of 'dung' = 'dung'.
