Where does “aftelklok” come from?
aftelklok (Dutch) comes from Dutch klok, from Dutch klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.
aftelklok (Dutch): timer device that times backwards
Definitions
- timer device that times backwards
Ancestry of “aftelklok”, step by step
aftelklok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch klok
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klok | clock; watch; bell |
| 2 | Dutch | klokke | alternative form of klok; bell |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | clocke | bell; something bell-shaped |
| 4 | Old Dutch | *clocca | bell |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 7 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via Dutch aftellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aftellen | to count down |
| 2 | Dutch | tellen | to count, to enumerate; to determine the number... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tellen | to count, to calculate; to count as, to consider... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tellen | to tell, to say; to count |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |