Where does “բլոկադա” come from?
բլոկադա (Armenian) comes from Russian блокада, from German Blockade, from German blockieren, from French bloquer, from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
բլոկադա (Armenian): siege, blockade
Definitions
- siege, blockade
Ancestry of “բլոկադա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | блокада | siege, blockade; blockade; block; blocking;... |
| 2 | German | Blockade | blockade |
| 3 | German | blockieren | to block; to lock |
| 4 | French | bloquer | to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct |
| 5 | Old French | bloquer | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 7 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |