Where does “Volk” come from?

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

Volk (Pennsylvania German): people, folk

Definitions

  1. people, folk

Ancestry of “Volk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvolk—
2Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
3Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
4Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →
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