Where does “bloķēt” come from?

bloķēt (Latvian) comes from French bloquer, from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk, from Proto-Germanic blukką, from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-, from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

bloķēt (Latvian): to block; to build so as to combine, unite...

Definitions

  1. to block; to build so as to combine, unite...

Ancestry of “bloķēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbloquerto block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
2Old Frenchbloquer—
3Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
4Old Dutchbloklog
5Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
6Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloķēt”

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