Where does “Motorblock” come from?

Motorblock (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.

Motorblock (German): engine block

Definitions

  1. engine block

Ancestry of “Motorblock”, step by step

Motorblock 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 motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotorengine mechanical device
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką →