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