Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “dørklokke” come from?

dørklokke (Danish) comes from Danish klokke, from Old Norse klokka, from Middle Low German klocke, from Old Saxon *klokka, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.

dørklokke (Danish): doorbell

Definitions

  1. doorbell

Ancestry of “dørklokke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishklokkebell; time, hour, o'clock; watch
2Old Norseklokkabell; clock
3Middle Low Germanklocke—
4Old Saxon*klokka—
5Proto-West Germanic*klokkā—
6Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
7Old Irishclocbell; clock
8Proto-Celticklokkosbell
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—
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