Etymology Explorer › Old Polish

Where does “pełk” come from?

pełk (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “pełk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpъlkъtroop
2Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “pełk”

  • Pulk
  • pułk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →