Where does “Westblok” come from?

Westblok (Dutch) comes from Dutch west, from Middle Dutch west, from Old Dutch west, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

Westblok (Dutch): Western Bloc

Definitions

  1. Western Bloc

Ancestry of “Westblok”, step by step

Westblok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch west

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwestwest; westwards
2Middle Dutchwest—
3Old Dutchwest—
4Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
5Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Dutch blok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
2Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
3Old Dutchbloklog
4Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
5Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop
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