Feminine
Meaning
bell (percussive instrument)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
glogge
Basel-Landschaft
lytti
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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