Where does “folkeforfører” come from?
folkeforfører (Danish) comes from Danish folk, from English folk, from German volk, from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
folkeforfører (Danish): a demagogue
Definitions
- a demagogue
Ancestry of “folkeforfører”, step by step
folkeforfører traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | folk | people; men; crew |
| 2 | English | folk | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,... |
| 3 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 4 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 5 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |