Where does “плъкъ” come from?
плъкъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
плъкъ (Old Church Slavonic): troop, army; crowd; people, population
Definitions
- troop, army; crowd; people, population
Ancestry of “плъкъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | pъlkъ | troop |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |