Where does “folkeslag” come from?

folkeslag (Danish) comes from Danish slag, from German Schlag, from Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

folkeslag (Danish): people, ethnicity group of people united by a common history, language, and/or religion

Definitions

  1. people, ethnicity group of people united by a common history, language, and/or religion

Ancestry of “folkeslag”, step by step

folkeslag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish slag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishslagA hit, punch; A beat; A battle
2GermanSchlagblow, hit; beat
3Middle High Germanslac
4Old High Germanslag
5Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
6Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
7Low Germanslagge
8Middle Low Germanslagge
9Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
10Old Saxonslāhanto hit
11Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-Every word from Proto-Germanic slahanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic slahan