Where does “klokkefrekvens” come from?
klokkefrekvens (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.
klokkefrekvens (Norwegian Nynorsk): clock speed
Definitions
- clock speed
Ancestry of “klokkefrekvens”, step by step
klokkefrekvens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk klokke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk frekvens
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | frekvens | frequency |
| 2 | Latin | frequentia | crowd, multitude, throng |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |