Where does “klokka” come from?
klokka (Old Norse) comes 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-.
klokka (Old Norse): bell; clock
Definitions
- bell; clock
Ancestry of “klokka”, step by step
klokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German klocke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | klocke | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *klokka | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 5 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via Latin clocca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | clocca | bell |