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

  1. troop, army; crowd; people, population

Ancestry of “плъкъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpъlkъtroop
2Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ →