Where does “bloquer” come from?

bloquer (Old French) comes 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.

Ancestry of “bloquer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
2Old Dutchbloklog
3Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
4Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloquer”

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