Where does “Völkerwanderungszeit” come from?

Völkerwanderungszeit (German) comes from German Völkerwanderung, 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.

Völkerwanderungszeit (German): Migration Period

Definitions

  1. Migration Period

Ancestry of “Völkerwanderungszeit”, step by step

Völkerwanderungszeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Völkerwanderung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVölkerwanderungMigration Period
2GermanVolkpeople, nation, folk, tribe, race; people,...
3Middle High Germanvolc—
4Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
5Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
6Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →