Where does “folk” come from?

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

folk (Proto-West Germanic): people, tribe

Definitions

  1. people, tribe

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 →