Where does “pъlkъ” come from?

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

pъlkъ (Proto-Slavic): troop

Definitions

  1. troop

Ancestry of “pъlkъ”, step by step

pъlkъ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fulką

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

via Proto-Germanic fulkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfulkazcrowd, army

via Germanic *fulką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*fulką—

Words derived from “pъlkъ”

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