Where does “musikfolk” come from?

musikfolk (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.

musikfolk (Danish): People engaged, especially professionally, in...

Definitions

  1. People engaged, especially professionally, in...

Ancestry of “musikfolk”, step by step

musikfolk 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 musik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmusikmusic
2Latinmūsica—
3Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
4Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →