Where does “Northfolk” come from?

Northfolk (Middle English) comes from Old English Norþfolc, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “Northfolk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishNorþfolcthe people of Norfolk
2Old Englishfolca people, nation, tribe; crowd; people
3Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
4Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “Northfolk”

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