Where does “steinblokk” come from?
steinblokk (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.
steinblokk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a block of stone, used in building; a boulder or...
Definitions
- a block of stone, used in building; a boulder or...
Ancestry of “steinblokk”, step by step
steinblokk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk blokk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | blokk | <br>; a block; a bloc |
| 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 |