klokka

From Old Norse klokka, from Late Latin clocca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰlɔʰkːa/

klokka f (genitive singular klokku, plural klokkur)

1. clock
2. bell

• (clock): ur

clock

• vekingarklokka (alarm clock)

bell

• kirkjuklokka (church bell), skipsklokka (ship's bell)

klokka (third person singular past indicative klokkaði, third person plural past indicative klokkaðu, supine klokkað)

1. to chime

• klokken

klokka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of klokke
2. (time on a clock) o'clock

   klokka seks - six o'clock

klokka f

1. definite singular of klokke
2. (time on a clock) o'clock

   klokka tolv - twelve o'clock

From Late Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (onomatopoeia).

Akin to Old High German klocca.

klokka f (genitive klokku, plural klokkur)

1. bell
2. clock

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “klokka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive