Where does “*folk” come from?

*folk (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “*folk”, step by step

*folk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fulką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Germanic *fulką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*fulką—

Words derived from “*folk”

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