Where does “clocklessness” come from?
clocklessness (English) comes from English clockless, from English clock, from Middle English clokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc.
clocklessness (English): Absence of clocks
Definitions
- Absence of clocks
Ancestry of “clocklessness”, step by step
clocklessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clockless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clockless | Without a clock or clocks |
| 2 | English | clock | An instrument used to measure or keep track of... |
| 3 | Middle English | clokke | clock, timekeeping device |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | clocke | bell; something bell-shaped |
| 5 | Old Dutch | *clocca | bell |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 8 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |