Where does “fylcan” come from?

fylcan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *fulkijan, from Proto-Germanic *fulkijaną — to assemble people.

fylcan (Old English): to collect as an army

Definitions

  1. to collect as an army

Ancestry of “fylcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fulkijanto assemble people
2Proto-Germanic*fulkijanąto assemble people
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fulkijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fulkijan →