Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blukką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *blukną, presumably metathesized from *bulkną, from pre-Germanic *bʰl̥ǵʰ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Irish blog, Latin fulcrum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*blukką n

  1. (West Germanic) block, log

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *blukką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *blukką *blukkō
vocative *blukką *blukkō
accusative *blukką *blukkō
genitive *blukkas, *blukkis *blukkǫ̂
dative *blukkai *blukkamaz
instrumental *blukkō *blukkamiz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *blokk
    • Old Frisian: blok
      • Saterland Frisian: Blok
      • West Frisian: blok
    • Old Saxon: blok
    • Old Dutch: *bloc
      • Middle Dutch: bloc
        • Dutch: blok
        • Limburgish: blok, blók
        • Old French: bloc
          • Middle French: bloc
            • French: bloc (see there for further descendants)
          • Walloon: blok
          • Middle English: blok
            • English: block (see there for further descendants)
            • Scots: block
    • Old High German: bloh, bloch (also piloch, biloh, from a merger with an unrelated word)
      • Middle High German: bloch
        • German: Block (see there for further descendants)