LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.20 (15) [E]

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From: kcaldwell31 at comcast.net
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.08.20 (07) [E/LS]

> From: <burgdal32 at mac.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.07.24 (01) [E]
>
> In Flemish we have the word "blok" wich means alwaeys something big :
> blokbeir= a big rough guy
> bloknote= a dubbel nut
> bloklijster= big thrush
> blokmeerlaan= big blackbird
> blokmeeze= big titmouse
>
> Blokken means also 'to study'
> And so: een blokzwijn (een blokker) = someone who studies all the
time.
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> greatings
> Luc Vanbrabant
> Oekene

I found this interesting because the Russian word for "notebook" or
"notepad" is "bloknot."  I've always wondered where this word came from.
Could it be a borrowing from the time of the Hanseatic League, or
possibly a later borrowing from Dutch from the time of Peter the Great?

Kevin Caldwell

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