English

jawblock

From jaw + block.

A compound of jaw + block

Middle English jawe/jowe

English jaw

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘thick plank’

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Old Dutch *blok ‘log’

Middle Dutch blok ‘treetrunk’

Old French bloc ‘log’

Middle English blok ‘log’

English block

Today it means

verb To talk.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / jawblock