Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klukkwōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Of imitative origin

Verb

*klukkwōną

to cluck

Descendants

Old English: cloccian, cluccian
- Middle English: clokken, cloken, clocken, clokkyn
  - English: cluck, clock
  - Scots: clok, clock, cleck
Old Saxon: *klukkōn
- Middle Low German: klucken
  - Low German: klucken
Old Dutch: *klukkōn
- Middle Dutch: clocken
  - Dutch: klokken
Old High German:
- Middle High German: klucken
  - Cimbrian: khlukhan
  - German: klucken
- ⇒ Middle High German: glucken (by dissimilation)
  - German: glucken
Old Norse:
- Icelandic: klökkva
- Swedish: klucka
- Danish: klukke

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