Where does “Volksmusik” come from?
Volksmusik (German) comes from German musik, from Middle High German mūsic, from Old High German musika, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Volksmusik (German): folk music, traditional music
Definitions
- folk music, traditional music
Ancestry of “Volksmusik”, step by step
Volksmusik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German musik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | musik | music |
| 2 | Middle High German | mūsic | — |
| 3 | Old High German | musika | — |
| 4 | Latin | mūsica | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μουσική | nominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |