Where does “*clocca” come from?

*clocca (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.

*clocca (Old Dutch): bell

Definitions

  1. bell

Ancestry of “*clocca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
2Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
3Old Irishclocbell; clock
4Proto-Celticklokkosbell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

Words derived from “*clocca”

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