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

bell
clock

Descendants

Middle High German: glocke, glogge
- Alemannic German: Glogg
- German: Glocke
- Luxembourgish: Klack
- Rhine Franconian:
  Pennsylvania German: Glock
- Vilamovian: głok
- Yiddish: גלאָק (glok)

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