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...
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- Land held in villeinage, being distributed among...
Ancestry of “folkland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | folcland | land of the folk or people; land of the community |
| 2 | Old English | folc | a people, nation, tribe; crowd; people |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |