Where does “notatblokk” come from?
notatblokk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål blokk, from Middle Low German block, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
notatblokk (Norwegian Bokmål): a notepad
Definitions
- a notepad
Ancestry of “notatblokk”, step by step
notatblokk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål notat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | notat | a note |
| 2 | Latin | notatum | nominative neuter singular of notātus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | notare | present active infinitive of notō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | noto | I mark, make a mark; I write, especially in... |
| 5 | Latin | nota | mark, sign; critical mark or remark; note |
| 6 | Latin | notus | known, recognized, acquainted with, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | nosco | to become acquainted with something, learn about... |
| 8 | Latin | gnosco | Alternative form of nōscō; to know, recognize;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnōskō | know, get to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |