clokke

Middle English

Alternative forms

clok, cloke, clocke

Etymology

From Middle Dutch klocke, 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

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.

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