Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klokkā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”).

Noun

*klokkā f

1. bell

   Synonym: *bellā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klokkā
Genitive	*klokkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klokkā	*klokkōn
Accusative	*klokkōn	*klokkōn
Genitive	*klokkōn	*klokkōnō
Dative	*klokkōn	*klokkōm, *klokkum
Instrumental	*klokkōn	*klokkōm, *klokkum

Descendants

• Old English: clucge, clugge, clucgge
• Old Frisian: klokke
  • Saterland Frisian: Klokke
• Old Saxon: *klokka
  • Middle Low German: klocke
    • ⇒ Old Norse: klokka
      • Danish: klokke c
      • Faroese: klokka f
      • Icelandic: klukka f
      • Norwegian:
        • Bokmål: klokke c/f
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: klokke f
      • Scanian: klákka f
      • Swedish: klocka c
• Old Dutch: *klokka
  • Middle Dutch: clocke
    • Dutch: klok, klokke (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: klok
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: klok
      • Jersey Dutch: klök
      • Negerhollands: klok, klock
      • → Papiamentu: klòk, klok
      • → West Frisian: klok
    • Limburgish: klók
    • → Middle English: clokke, clok, cloke, clocke
      • English: clock
      • Scots: clock
• Old High German: klocca, glocca
  • Middle High German: glocke, glogge
    • Alemannic German: Glogg
    • German: Glocke
    • Luxembourgish: Klack
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Glock

    • Vilamovian: głok
    • Yiddish: גלאָק (glok)