clokke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clok, cloke, clocke

Etymology

From Middle Dutch klocke, from , 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.