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English word origin

Etymology of Cleek

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Glück. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Clerke, Clerk, and from Old English cleaca (“stepping stone”), from Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A surname.

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* As a German surname, spelling variant of Glück. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Clerke, Clerk, and from Old English cleaca (“stepping stone”), from Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).

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