Reconstruction:Old Dutch/clocca

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klokkā. Which is a borrowing of Early Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”).

Noun

*clocca f

1. bell

Inflection

Declension of *clocca (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*clocca	*clocca, *cloccon
accusative	*clocca, *cloccon	*clocca, *cloccon
genitive	*cloccon	*cloccono
dative	*cloccon	*cloccon

Descendants

• 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