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Glocke

Meaning

bell (percussive instrument)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glogge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lytti

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schälle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡlɔkə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German glocke, glogge, from Old High German klocca, from Late Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia). Cognate with Vilamovian głok.

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