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Where does “blokirati” come from?

blokirati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian blȍk, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

blokirati (Serbo-Croatian): to block, obstruct

Definitions

  1. to block, obstruct

Ancestry of “blokirati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianblȍk—
2FrenchBloc—
3Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
4Old Frenchbloclog, block
5Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
6Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
7Old Dutchbloklog
8Proto-West Germanicblokk—
9Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “blokirati”

  • zablokirati
  • deblokirati
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