Etymology Explorer › Old High German

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”

  • Volkswagen
  • Volkspolizei
  • herrenvolk
  • Völkerwanderung
  • volkssport
  • volkslied
  • фольксваген
  • Völkerbund
  • volksdeutsch
  • Volkskunde
  • Volksaufstand
  • Volksmusik
  • Volksgruppe
  • Volksrepublik
  • Volkssport
  • Volkslehre
  • Volksdeutscher
  • volksmäßig
  • völkisch
  • volkseigen
  • volksetymologisch
  • Volksetymologie
  • Volksmund
  • Volk
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