Where does “block” come from?

block (German) comes 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.

block (German): bloc

Definitions

  1. bloc

Ancestry of “block”, step by step

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

Words derived from “block”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →