Where does “clokke” come from?

clokke (Middle English) comes from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.

clokke (Middle English): clock, timekeeping device

Definitions

  1. clock, timekeeping device

Ancestry of “clokke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchclockebell; something bell-shaped
2Old Dutch*cloccabell
3Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
4Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
5Old Irishclocbell; clock
6Proto-Celticklokkosbell
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-

Words derived from “clokke

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg-