Where does “folk” come from?

folk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

folk (Norwegian Nynorsk): people

Definitions

  1. people

Ancestry of “folk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefólkpeople
2Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “folk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Old Norse fólk →