Where does “folkedans” come from?
folkedans (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål folk, from Danish folk, 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 — to fill.
folkedans (Norwegian Bokmål): a folk dance; folk dancing
Definitions
- a folk dance; folk dancing
Ancestry of “folkedans”, step by step
folkedans traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | folk | a people; people in general; folk |
| 2 | Danish | folk | people; men; crew |
| 3 | English | folk | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,... |
| 4 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 5 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 6 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Norwegian Bokmål dans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dans | a dance; dancing; imperative of danse |
| 2 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | e | Alternative form of ei |