Where does “clansfolk” come from?
clansfolk (English) comes from English clan, from Irish clann, from Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.
clansfolk (English): Members of a clan; clanspeople
Definitions
- Members of a clan; clanspeople
Ancestry of “clansfolk”, step by step
clansfolk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clan | A group of people all descended from a common... |
| 2 | Irish | clann | children, offspring; race, descendants, clan;... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | clann | children; family; offspring |
| 4 | Old Irish | cland | children; family; offspring |
| 5 | Old Welsh | plant | children |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via English folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | folk | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,... |
| 2 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 3 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 4 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |