Where does “spakblock” come from?

spakblock (Swedish) comes from Swedish block, from Middle Low German block, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

spakblock (Swedish): a lever hoist, a come-along

Definitions

  1. a lever hoist, a come-along

Ancestry of “spakblock”, step by step

spakblock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish block

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishblocka block, a boulder, a cuboid; a block, a pad, a...
2Middle Low Germanblock
3EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
4FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
5Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
6Old Frenchbloclog, block
7Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
8Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
9Old Dutchbloklog
10Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
11Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via Swedish spak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspakpowerless, tired, obedient, tame, calm, easy,...
2Old Norsespakrquiet, gentle; wise, with the notion of prophetic...
3Proto-Germanicspakazwise, clever
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-
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