Where does “folkemengde” come from?
folkemengde (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk folk, from Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
folkemengde (Norwegian Nynorsk): a crowd; population
Ancestry of “folkemengde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | folk | people |
| 2 | Old Norse | fólk | people |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |