Where does “kèxa hèch këlak” come from?
kèxa hèch këlak (Unami) comes from Unami këlak, from English clock, from Middle English clokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc.
kèxa hèch këlak (Unami): what time is it?
Definitions
- what time is it?
Ancestry of “kèxa hèch këlak”, step by step
kèxa hèch këlak traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Unami këlak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unami | këlak | clock, o'clock |
| 2 | English | clock | An instrument used to measure or keep track of... |
| 3 | Middle English | clokke | clock, timekeeping device |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | clocke | bell; something bell-shaped |
| 5 | Old Dutch | *clocca | bell |
| 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- | — |
via Scots hech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | hech | An exclamation indicating fatigue, sorrow,... |
via Unami kèxa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unami | kèxa | how much? how many? |