The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Mandarin Chinese
lexeme		zhōng (钟)
meaning 1	bell
direction	→
meaning 2	clock (tower, wall, table; also generic morpheme)	Nàozhōng (闹钟) alarm clock
reference		BKRS
comment

NEW Realization 2
type		Borrowing
language 1		Medieval Latin
language 2		English
lexeme 1		clocca
lexeme 2		clock
meaning 1	bell
direction	→
meaning 2	clock, watch
reference
comment		probably from M.Du. klocke, from M.L. (7c.) clocca "bell," from Celt., probably spread by Irish missionaries, ultimately of imitative origin.