Where does “boligblokk” come from?
boligblokk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bolig, from Norwegian Bokmål Bø, from Danish Bo, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from Malay buah, from Malay nona, from Portuguese dona — to build; to arrange, to put together.
boligblokk (Norwegian Bokmål): a block of flats (UK), tower block if it's a tall building, apartment building (US)
Definitions
- a block of flats (UK), tower block if it's a tall building, apartment building (US)
Ancestry of “boligblokk”, step by step
boligblokk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bolig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bolig | a dwelling, residence, abode |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | Bø | merged in 2020 with Sauherad under the name of Midt-Telemark (kommune) |
| 3 | Danish | Bo | estate the property of a deceased person |
| 4 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 5 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 6 | Malay | buah | fruit |
| 7 | Malay | nona | miss, lady (young unmarried woman) |
| 8 | Portuguese | dona | female equivalent of dono; A title of address to... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | dona | — |
| 10 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 11 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 12 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 13 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via Norwegian Bokmål blokk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | blokk | a block; a bloc; a pad |
| 2 | Middle Low German | block | — |
| 3 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 4 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 5 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 6 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 7 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 9 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |