Where does “folkeslag” come from?

folkeslag (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk slag, from Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic slagiz, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

folkeslag (Norwegian Nynorsk): people, race of people

Definitions

  1. people, race of people

Ancestry of “folkeslag”, step by step

folkeslag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk slag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskslagA blow, a strike, a punch; A battle; a stroke
2Old Norseslag—
3Proto-Germanicslagizblow, strike
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Norwegian Nynorsk folk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfolkpeople
2Old Norsefólkpeople
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slagiz →
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