Where does “clocca” come from?

clocca (Medieval Latin) comes from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.

clocca (Medieval Latin): bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...

Definitions

  1. bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...

Ancestry of “clocca”, step by step

clocca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish cloc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishclocbell; clock
2Proto-Celticklokkosbell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

via Gaulish clocca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishclocca—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanklak—

Words derived from “clocca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic klokkos →Every word from Old Irish cloc →