Where does “clokken” come from?

clokken (Middle English) comes from Old English cloccian, from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic klukkwōną — to cluck.

clokken (Middle English): To cluck

Definitions

  1. To cluck

Ancestry of “clokken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcloccianto cluck, make a noise
2Proto-West Germanic*klukkwōnto cluck
3Proto-Germanicklukkwōnąto cluck

Words derived from “clokken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic klukkwōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn →Every word from Old English cloccian →