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