Where does “folket” come from?

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

Ancestry of “folket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfolkpeople
2Old Norsefólkpeople
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Old Norse fólk →