Where does “блочный” come from?
блочный (Russian) comes from Russian блок, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
блочный (Russian): block cuboid object
Definitions
- block cuboid object
Ancestry of “блочный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | блок | block; set, unit; block, section |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |