Where does “blok” come from?

blok (Dutch) comes 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.

blok (Dutch): a block; a street block; a political bloc

Definitions

  1. a block; a street block; a political bloc

Ancestry of “blok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
2Old Dutchbloklog
3Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
4Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “blok”

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