Where does “folc” come from?

folc (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic flukkaz, from Proto-Germanic flukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂-.

folc (Frankish): people, crowd, multitude, troop

Definitions

  1. people, crowd, multitude, troop

Ancestry of “folc”, step by step

folc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic flukkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
2Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—

via Proto-Germanic fulką

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

Words derived from “folc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkōną →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkaz →