Where does “boevenklok” come from?

boevenklok (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.

boevenklok (Dutch): curfew bell

Definitions

  1. curfew bell

Ancestry of “boevenklok”, step by step

boevenklok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch klok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklokclock; watch; bell
2Dutchklokkealternative form of klok; bell
3Middle Dutchclockebell; something bell-shaped
4Old Dutch*cloccabell
5Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
6Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
7Old Irishclocbell; clock
8Proto-Celticklokkosbell
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

via Dutch boef

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboefcrook, thief, thug; rascal, scamp
2Middle Dutchboef—
3Old Dutchbuovo—
4Proto-Germanicbōbô—
5Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg- →