Where does “Klock” come from?

Klock (Plautdietsch) 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-.

Klock (Plautdietsch): clock

Definitions

  1. clock

Ancestry of “Klock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanklocke—
2Old Saxon*klokka—
3Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
4Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
5Old Irishclocbell; clock
6Proto-Celticklokkosbell
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

Words derived from “Klock”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic klokkos →Every word from Old Irish cloc →
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