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
- block letter
Ancestry of “block-lettyr”, step by step
block-lettyr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Manx block
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | block | block, log, cake |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |
via Manx lettyr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | lettyr | letter |
| 2 | Old Irish | liter | letter of the alphabet; act of writing, written... |
| 3 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |