Where does “smartklokke” come from?
smartklokke (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.
smartklokke (Norwegian Bokmål): a smartwatch
Definitions
- a smartwatch
Ancestry of “smartklokke”, step by step
smartklokke 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- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål smart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | smart | clever; smart |
| 2 | English | Smart | — |
| 3 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 4 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 5 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |