Words that come from Proto-West Germanic folk

197 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic folk — including folk, folks, Suffolk, folklore, Volkswagen, townsfolk, kinsfolk, folkloric.

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English (89)

German (33)

Dutch (21)

Yiddish (9)

Old English (5)

Spanish (5)

Catalan (3)

Scots (3)

Portuguese (3)

French (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Japanese (2)

Middle English (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Danish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Polish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Latvian (1)

Russian (1)

Italian (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Hungarian (1)

Old Dutch (1)