Where does “フォークソング” come from?

フォークソング (Japanese) comes from English folk song, from English folk, 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.

フォークソング (Japanese): folk song

Definitions

  1. folk song

Ancestry of “フォークソング”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfolk songA song, in any folk style, originating among...
2EnglishfolkOf or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic fulkąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic folk