*blukką

Runic: ᛒᛚᚢᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbluk.kɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

block, log

Etymology

From earlier *blukną, presumably metathesized from *bulkną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ǵʰ-n-ó-m, from root *bʰelǵʰ- (‘to balk, beam; to swell’). Cognate with Latin fulcrum (‘bedpost, couch foot’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.blukkąblukkō
Acc.blukkąblukkō
Gen.blukkas, blukkisblukkǫ̂
Dat.blukkaiblukkamaz
Inst.blukkōblukkamiz
Voc.blukkąblukkō

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Descendants

  • *blokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bloc (Old Dutch)
      • bloc (Middle Dutch)
        • blok, blók (Limburgish)
  • *blokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bloc (Old Dutch)
      • bloc (Middle Dutch)
        • blok (Dutch)
          • blok (Afrikaans)
  • *blokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bloc (Old Dutch)
      • bloc (Middle Dutch)
        • bloc (Old French)
          • blok (Middle English)
            • block (English)
            • block (Scots)
  • *blokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • blok (Old Frisian)
      • Blok (Saterland Frisian)
      • blok (West Frisian)
  • *blokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bloh, bloch, piloch, biloh (Old High German)
      • bloch (Middle High German)
        • Block (German)
  • *blokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • blok (Old Saxon)
      • blok (Middle Low German)
        • blok (Danish)
        • blokkur (Faroese)
        • Block (Low German)
        • blokk (Norwegian)
        • block (Swedish)

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