Where does “bloc” come from?

bloc (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic blukką, from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-, from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

bloc (Old High German): block

Definitions

  1. block

Ancestry of “bloc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*blokk—
2Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloc”

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