klocca

Old High German

Alternative forms

• glocca

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).

Akin to Old Norse klokka.

Noun

klocca f

1. bell
2. clock

Descendants

• Middle High German: glocke, glogge
  • Alemannic German: Glogg
  • German: Glocke
  • Luxembourgish: Klack
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Glock

  • Vilamovian: głok
  • Yiddish: גלאָק (glok)