Where does “blokkiutuminen” come from?
blokkiutuminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish blokkiutua, 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 — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
Ancestry of “blokkiutuminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | blokkiutua | To form a bloc |
| 2 | Finnish | blokki | bloc; block |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |