Where does “klocka” come from?

klocka (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.

klocka (Swedish): clock, watch; an instrument used to measure or...

Definitions

  1. clock, watch; an instrument used to measure or...

Ancestry of “klocka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishklockæ
2Old Norseklokkabell; clock
3Middle Low Germanklocke
4Old Saxon*klokka
5Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
6Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
7Old Irishclocbell; clock
8Proto-Celticklokkosbell
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-

Words derived from “klocka

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klēg-