Where does “klokken” come from?

klokken (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.

klokken (Dutch): to time, clock; to gurgle; to cluck

Definitions

  1. to time, clock; to gurgle; to cluck

Ancestry of “klokken”, step by step

klokken 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 en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
2Middle Dutchendeand; end
3Old Dutchendiend
4Proto-West Germanicandīend
5Proto-Germanicandijazend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “klokken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic klokkos →Every word from Old Irish cloc →