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Where does “befolkningsrik” come from?

befolkningsrik (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål befolkning, from Norwegian Bokmål befolke, from German bevölkern, from German volk, from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką — to fill.

befolkningsrik (Norwegian Bokmål): populous

Definitions

  1. populous

Ancestry of “befolkningsrik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbefolkningpopulation
2Norwegian Bokmålbefolketo populate
3Germanbevölkernto populate
4Germanvolk—
5Middle High Germanvolc—
6Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
7Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
8Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →