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

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

Words derived from “*folk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →