Where does “kello” come from?

kello (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic kello, from Proto-Germanic skellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sḱel-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

kello (Karelian): clock

Definitions

  1. clock

Ancestry of “kello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickello—
2Proto-Germanicskellǭbell
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-to be obligated, owe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →