Where does “blokeishness” come from?
blokeishness (English) comes from English blokeish, from English bloke, from Irish ploc, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
blokeishness (English): The state or quality of being blokeish
Definitions
- The state or quality of being blokeish
Ancestry of “blokeishness”, step by step
blokeishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blokeish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blokeish | Characteristic or typical of a bloke |
| 2 | English | bloke | An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent... |
| 3 | Irish | ploc | large, stubborn person |
| 4 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 5 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 6 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 7 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 8 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 9 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 10 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |