Where does “araloji bekkereʼ” come from?

araloji bekkereʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar araloji, from Dutch horloge, from Middle Dutch orlogie, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

araloji bekkereʼ (Makasar): alarm clock

Definitions

  1. alarm clock

Ancestry of “araloji bekkereʼ”, step by step

araloji bekkereʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar araloji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasararalojiwatch wearable timepiece
2Dutchhorlogewatch
3Middle Dutchorlogie
4Old Frenchorloge
5Latinhōrologiumdevice used to measure the time of day, particularly
6Ancient Greekὡρολόγιονmechanism for telling the time, clock
7Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
8Proto-Hellenic*worā
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Makasar bekkereʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbekkereʼ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr-Every word from Proto-Hellenic *worā