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Where does “blokkbokstav” come from?

blokkbokstav (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.

blokkbokstav (Norwegian Nynorsk): block capital, block letter

Definitions

  1. block capital, block letter

Ancestry of “blokkbokstav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskblokk<br>; a block; a bloc
2Middle Low Germanblock—
3EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
4FrenchBloc—
5Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
6Old Frenchbloclog, block
7Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
8Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
9Old Dutchbloklog
10Proto-West Germanicblokk—
11Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop
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