Where does “Sonnenklock” come from?

Sonnenklock (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Klock, 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-.

Sonnenklock (Plautdietsch): sundial

Definitions

  1. sundial

Ancestry of “Sonnenklock”, step by step

Sonnenklock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Klock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKlockclock
2Middle Low Germanklocke—
3Old Saxon*klokka—
4Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
5Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
6Old Irishclocbell; clock
7Proto-Celticklokkosbell
8Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

via Plautdietsch Sonn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSonnsun
2Middle Low Germansünne—
3Old Saxonsunnasun
4Proto-West Germanicsunnāsun
5Proto-Germanicsunnǭthe sun
6Proto-Indo-Europeansh̥₂uénsun; the Sun
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic klokkos →Every word from Old Irish cloc →
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