Where does “blok” come from?

blok (Middle English) comes from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, 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.

blok (Middle English): log, stump, solid piece

Definitions

  1. log, stump, solid piece

Ancestry of “blok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbloclog, block
2Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
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 “blok”

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