Where does “bloc” come from?

bloc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon 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.

bloc (Middle Dutch): treetrunk

Definitions

  1. treetrunk

Ancestry of “bloc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbloklog
2Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
3Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloc”

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