Where does “jachtklok” come from?
jachtklok (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.
jachtklok (Dutch): Jagdstück
Definitions
- Jagdstück
Ancestry of “jachtklok”, step by step
jachtklok 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 jacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |