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Where does “Volkszugehörigkeit” come from?

Volkszugehörigkeit (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.

Volkszugehörigkeit (German): ethnicity, ethnic affiliation, ethnic origin

Definitions

  1. ethnicity, ethnic affiliation, ethnic origin

Ancestry of “Volkszugehörigkeit”, step by step

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