Where does “struikelblok” come from?

struikelblok (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.

struikelblok (Dutch): a stumbling block obstacle

Definitions

  1. a stumbling block obstacle

Ancestry of “struikelblok”, step by step

struikelblok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Dutch struikelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstruikelento stumble, fall over or trip over an object
2Middle Dutchstrukelen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką →
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