Where does “folkland” come from?

folkland (English) comes from Old English folcland, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

folkland (English): Land held in villeinage, being distributed among...

Definitions

  1. Land held in villeinage, being distributed among...

Ancestry of “folkland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfolclandland of the folk or people; land of the community
2Old Englishfolca people, nation, tribe; crowd; people
3Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
4Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →