Where does “klockren” come from?

klockren (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.

klockren (Swedish): spot on, amazing, great, brilliant

Definitions

  1. spot on, amazing, great, brilliant

Ancestry of “klockren”, step by step

klockren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish klocka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklockaclock, watch; an instrument used to measure or...
2Old Swedishklockæ—
3Old Norseklokkabell; clock
4Middle Low Germanklocke—
5Old Saxon*klokka—
6Proto-West Germanic*klokkābell
7Medieval Latincloccabell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so...
8Old Irishclocbell; clock
9Proto-Celticklokkosbell
10Proto-Indo-Europeanklēg-—

via Swedish ren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrenreindeer; clean; not dirty; pure
2Old Norsehreinnreindeer; clean; bright
3Proto-Germanichrainizclean, not dirty; pure; innocent
4Proto-Indo-Europeankróy-n-is—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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