Where does “länsiblokki” come from?

länsiblokki (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.

länsiblokki (Finnish): Western bloc

Definitions

  1. Western bloc

Ancestry of “länsiblokki”, step by step

länsiblokki 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 länsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlänsiwest; the West
2Proto-Finniclänciwest
3Proto-Finniclancilowland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką
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