Where does “Völkerwanderung” come from?

Völkerwanderung (German) comes 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.

Völkerwanderung (German): Migration Period

Definitions

  1. Migration Period

Ancestry of “Völkerwanderung”, step by step

Völkerwanderung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Volk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVolkpeople, nation, folk, tribe, race; people,...
2Middle High Germanvolc—
3Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
4Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
5Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German Wanderung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWanderungjourney; walk, hike; migration
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “Völkerwanderung”

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