Where does “Blockhaus” come from?

Blockhaus (German) comes from German block, from Middle High German bloc, from Old High German bloc, from Proto-Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic blukką, from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-, from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

Blockhaus (German): log cabin (a small house made from logs)

Definitions

  1. log cabin (a small house made from logs)

Ancestry of “Blockhaus”, step by step

Blockhaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German block

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblockbloc
2Middle High Germanbloc—
3Old High Germanblocblock
4Proto-Germanic*blokk—
5Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via German haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanhūshouse
3Old High Germanhūshouse
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “Blockhaus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką →