Where does “folkeetymologi” come from?
folkeetymologi (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.
folkeetymologi (Norwegian Bokmål): folk etymology
Definitions
- folk etymology
Ancestry of “folkeetymologi”, step by step
| 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 |