clokke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clok, cloke, clocke

Etymology

From Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Northern French cloque, 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).

Doublet of cloke (“cloak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔk(ə)/

Noun

clokke

1. clock (timekeeping device)

Descendants

• English: clock
• Scots: clock

References

• “clok(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.