In this episode we’re looking at words for bells, clocks and related things.. The Proto-Celtic word for bell was klokkos, which comes either from the Proto-Indo-European klēg-/klōg- (onomatopoeia), or from kleg- (to cry, sound) [source]. Descendants in the modern Celtic languages include: clog [klˠɔɡ] = bell, clock in Irish clag [kl̪ˠag] = bell; crash, loud […]