Where does “folkeret” come from?

folkeret (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.

folkeret (Danish): international law

Definitions

  1. international law

Ancestry of “folkeret”, step by step

folkeret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish folk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfolkpeople; men; crew
2EnglishfolkOf or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,...
3Germanvolkpeople, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language
4Middle High Germanvolc
5Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
6Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
7Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Danish ret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishretstraight; right, proper; rightful
2Old Norseréttrright
3Proto-Germanicrehtazright, straight; morally upright, just
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵtósstraightened, right, upright
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “folkeret

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic fulkąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic folk