Where does “Sūþfolc” come from?

Sūþfolc (Old English) comes from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Sūþfolc (Old English): the people of Suffolk

Definitions

  1. the people of Suffolk

Ancestry of “Sūþfolc”, step by step

Sūþfolc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English folc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfolca people, nation, tribe; crowd; people
2Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Old English sūþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsūþsouth
2Proto-Germanicsunþrąsouth; south, southward
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “Sūþfolc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →