Where does “landfolc” come from?

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

landfolc (Old English): people of a country

Definitions

  1. people of a country

Ancestry of “landfolc”, step by step

landfolc 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 land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
2Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →