Where does “klokketårn” come from?
klokketårn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål klokke, from Old Norse klokka, from Middle Low German klocke, from Old Saxon *klokka, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.
klokketårn (Norwegian Bokmål): a bell tower
Definitions
- a bell tower
Ancestry of “klokketårn”, step by step
klokketårn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål klokke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | klokke | watch; clock; bell |
| 2 | Old Norse | klokka | bell; clock |
| 3 | Middle Low German | klocke | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *klokka | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 7 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |