Where does “folc” come from?

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

folc (Old High German): folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation

Definitions

  1. folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation

Ancestry of “folc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
2Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “folc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →