Where does “Norfolk” come from?
Norfolk derives from Old English Norþfolc, a place name combining north and folk, referring to the northern people or territory of East Anglia.
Norfolk (English): A Norfolk jacket; A Norfolk spaniel
Definitions
- A Norfolk jacket; A Norfolk spaniel
Ancestry of “Norfolk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Northfolk | — |
| 2 | Old English | Norþfolc | — |
| 3 | Old English | folc | a people, nation, tribe; crowd; people |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |