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Where does “folclic” come from?

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

folclic (Old English): folklike, common, general, public, national,...

Definitions

  1. folklike, common, general, public, national,...

Ancestry of “folclic”, step by step

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