Where does “blocar” come from?
blocar (Catalan) comes from French bloquer, from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk, from Proto-Germanic blukką, from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-, from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
Ancestry of “blocar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | bloquer | to block , to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to... |
| 2 | Old French | bloquer | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 4 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |