Where does “fulc” come from?

fulc (Old French) comes from Frankish folc, from Proto-Germanic flukkaz, from Proto-Germanic flukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂-.

fulc (Old French): flock

Definitions

  1. flock

Ancestry of “fulc”, step by step

fulc traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish folc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishfolcpeople, crowd, multitude, troop
2Proto-Germanicflukkazcrowd, troop, flock
3Proto-Germanicflukkōnąto fly, flutter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpluknéh₂-—

via Frankish fulc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishfulccrowd, multitude, people

via Frankish fluc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishfluc—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pluknéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkōną →Every word from Proto-Germanic flukkaz →