Where does “blokiness” come from?
blokiness (English) comes from English blokey, 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.
blokiness (English): Alternative form of blokeyness
Definitions
- Alternative form of blokeyness
Ancestry of “blokiness”, step by step
blokiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blokey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blokey | Associated with the mainstream male culture,... |
| 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 |