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Where does “folc” come from?

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

folc (Old English): a people, nation, tribe; crowd; people

Definitions

  1. a people, nation, tribe; crowd; people

Ancestry of “folc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
2Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “folc”

  • folk
  • folks
  • Suffolk
  • folklore
  • townsfolk
  • kinsfolk
  • folkloric
  • folktale
  • womenfolk
  • folklorist
  • folksy
  • menfolk
  • gentlefolk
  • kinfolk
  • fisherfolk
  • folkloristic
  • folklife
  • countryfolk
  • folksinger
  • folkloristics
  • selkie
  • folkish
  • tradesfolk
  • folkie
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