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Where does “klosz” come from?

klosz (Polish) comes from French cloche, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos, from Proto-Indo-European klēg-.

klosz (Polish): lampshade, shade; cloche; flare

Definitions

  1. lampshade, shade; cloche; flare

Ancestry of “klosz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclochebell; a glass covering, originally bell-shaped,...
2Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
3Old Irishclocbell; clock
4Proto-Celticklokkosbell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—
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