Where does “Wakjklock” come from?
Wakjklock (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-.
Wakjklock (Plautdietsch): alarm clock
Definitions
- alarm clock
Ancestry of “Wakjklock”, step by step
Wakjklock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Klock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Klock | clock |
| 2 | Middle Low German | klocke | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *klokka | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 6 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via Plautdietsch wakjen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | wakjen | to wake |
| 2 | Dutch | wekken | to wake, to wake up; to cause, to elicit |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wecken | to wake, to cause to wake up |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wecken | to wake, to cause to wake up |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wakkjan | to wake, to awaken, to cause to wake up |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wakjaną | to wake up, to awaken |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |