Where does “blokówka” come from?

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

blokówka (Polish): book block binding machine

Definitions

  1. book block binding machine

Ancestry of “blokówka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishblokblock; block of flats
2Germanblockbloc
3Middle High Germanbloc—
4Old High Germanblocblock
5Proto-Germanic*blokk—
6Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką →