Cloca, clocca

Cloca, clocca Lat.: bell. The word is first recorded ca. 690 and is now believed to be of Irish origin, distributed on the Continent by early missionaries. The Lat. form of the word gave rise in turn to cloche, Glocke, klok, etc., but remained unchanged in OProv. and Cat. (169). Sachs, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. Leipzig, 1920.