Where does “kansankieli” come from?
kansankieli (Finnish) comes from German Volkssprache, from German volk, from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
kansankieli (Finnish): vernacular, folk language indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a standard or literary language
Definitions
- vernacular, folk language indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a standard or literary language
Ancestry of “kansankieli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Volkssprache | vernacular |
| 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 |