Where does “Bevölkerungszentrum” come from?

Bevölkerungszentrum (German) comes from German Bevölkerung, from German bevölkern, 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.

Bevölkerungszentrum (German): population center

Definitions

  1. population center

Ancestry of “Bevölkerungszentrum”, step by step

Bevölkerungszentrum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bevölkerung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBevölkerungpopulation
2Germanbevölkernto populate
3Germanvolkpeople, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language
4Middle High Germanvolc
5Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
6Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
7Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German Zentrum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZentrumcenter, centre; central point; the centre, the...
2Latincentrumcenter
3Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
4Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
5Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic fulkąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic folk