Where does “foulc” come from?

foulc (Old French) comes from Latin fulcus, from Frankish fulk, from Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

foulc (Old French): flock, herd; people; multitude, crowd

Definitions

  1. flock, herd; people; multitude, crowd

Ancestry of “foulc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfulcus—
2Frankishfulk—
3Old Norsefólkpeople
4Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “foulc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Old Norse fólk →