Where does “folk” come from?
folk (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
folk (Old Saxon): people, folk
Ancestry of “folk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *folk | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “folk”