Where does “Suffolk” come from?

Suffolk comes from Old English Sūþfolc, combining Sūþ (south) and folc (people), derived from Proto-Germanic fulką and ultimately Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- (to fill).

Suffolk (English): bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea

Definitions

  1. bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea

Ancestry of “Suffolk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishSūþfolcthe people of Suffolk
2Old Englishfolca people, nation, tribe; crowd; people
3Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
4Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “Suffolk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →