köken: From Middle High German bloc, from Old High German bloc. The more common Middle High German form was originally bloch, from Old High German bloh. The variant prevailed in modern German under the reinforcing influence of Middle Low German block. All from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką. The architectural sense is loaned from English block (and may therefore take a plural in…
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).
köken: Etymology tree Polish biwak Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish biwakować From biwak + -ować. First attested in 1809.
köken: From Old Danish læghræ, from Old Norse legr, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Cognate with Swedish läger n, English lair, German Lager n, Dutch leger.
From Old Norse legr, from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to be situated, lie”). Related to ligga (“to lie”), lägga (“to lay”) and läge (“position”). Doublet of lager (“store”), derived through German Lager.