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Where does “clucge” come from?

clucge (Old English) comes from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.

clucge (Old English): bell

Definitions

  1. bell

Ancestry of “clucge”, step by step

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