cloch
Old Irish
/klox/
noun
Definitions
- stone, rock
- stone as material
- precious stone, gem
- (Christianity) bead in a rosary
- something built of stone, castle, fortress, stronghold
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *klukā (stone).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*klukā
Gloss
stone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cleaca Old English
- aolchloch Irish
- cloch Irish
- clochghual Irish
- clochra Irish
- cloicheán Irish
- cloigeann Irish
- iarnchloch Irish
- órchloch Irish
- cenn Old Irish
- clochamail Old Irish
- cloicenn Old Irish
- clach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- clach-chopair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- claigeann Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ard-chlagh Manx
- beayf-chlagh Manx
- clagh Manx
- *klukā Proto-Celtic
- *klog Proto-Brythonic