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

  1. alarm clock

Ancestry of “Wakjklock”, step by step

Wakjklock 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 wakjen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschwakjento wake
2Dutchwekkento wake, to wake up; to cause, to elicit
3Middle Dutchweckento wake, to cause to wake up
4Old Dutchweckento wake, to cause to wake up
5Proto-West Germanicwakkjanto wake, to awaken, to cause to wake up
6Proto-Germanicwakjanąto wake up, to awaken
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg-Every word from Proto-Celtic klokkosEvery word from Old Irish cloc