clocke

English

Noun

clocke (plural clockes)

1. Obsolete spelling of clock.

Anagrams

• Elcock, cockle

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Northern French cloque (“bell”), 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).

Noun

clocke f

1. bell
2. something bell-shaped

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	clocke	clocken
accusative	clocke	clocken
genitive	clocke, clocken	clocken
dative	clocke, clocken	clocken

Descendants

• 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

Further reading

• “clocke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “clocke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

clocke

1. alternative form of clokke