Where does “gökklocka” come from?
gökklocka (Swedish) comes from Swedish klocka, from Old Swedish klockæ, from Old Norse klokka, from Middle Low German klocke, from Old Saxon *klokka, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc.
gökklocka (Swedish): a cuckoo clock
Definitions
- a cuckoo clock
Ancestry of “gökklocka”, step by step
gökklocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish klocka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | klocka | clock, watch; an instrument used to measure or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | klockæ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | klokka | bell; clock |
| 4 | Middle Low German | klocke | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *klokka | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 8 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |