Where does “block-lettyr” come from?

block-lettyr (Manx) comes from Manx block, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

block-lettyr (Manx): block letter

Definitions

  1. block letter

Ancestry of “block-lettyr”, step by step

block-lettyr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Manx block

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxblockblock, log, cake
2EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
3FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
4Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
5Old Frenchbloclog, block
6Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
7Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
8Old Dutchbloklog
9Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
10Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via Manx lettyr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxlettyrletter
2Old Irishliterletter of the alphabet; act of writing, written...
3Latinlitteraa letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
4Latinlītera
5Old Latinleitera
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką