Where does “click” come from?
Click comes from Middle English cleken, from Old Norse klekja, from Proto-Germanic klukjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European glew-.
click (English): A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively...
Definitions
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively...
Ancestry of “click”, step by step
click traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English cleken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cleken | to seize, clutch; to hatch |
| 2 | Middle English | clechen | to grab |
| 3 | Old English | clēċan | — |
| 4 | Old English | clyċċan | to clutch, clench |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klukjaną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | klu- | to ball up, conglomerate, amass |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | glew- | Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via English clickhaler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clickhaler | An inhaler in which the medicine is released by... |