Where does “blokkijärjestelmä” come from?

blokkijärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish blokki, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

blokkijärjestelmä (Finnish): bloc system

Definitions

  1. bloc system

Ancestry of “blokkijärjestelmä”, step by step

blokkijärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish blokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishblokkibloc; block
2FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
3Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
4Old Frenchbloclog, block
5Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
6Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
7Old Dutchbloklog
8Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
9Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via Finnish järjestelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärjestelmäsystem
2Finnishjärjestääto arrange; to organize
3Finnishjärkireason; sense
4Proto-Finnicjärkirow; order, condition
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką →