Where does “kloktijd” come from?
kloktijd (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.
kloktijd (Dutch): clock time
Definitions
- clock time
Ancestry of “kloktijd”, step by step
kloktijd 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 tijd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tijd | time; tense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tijt | time; time, moment; right, appointed time |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tīt | time |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |