Where does “blokgolf” come from?
blokgolf (Dutch) comes from Dutch blok, 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.
blokgolf (Dutch): square wave
Ancestry of “blokgolf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 3 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |