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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”

  • folk
  • folks
  • Suffolk
  • folklore
  • Volkswagen
  • townsfolk
  • kinsfolk
  • folkloric
  • folktale
  • womenfolk
  • folklorist
  • folksy
  • menfolk
  • gentlefolk
  • kinfolk
  • fisherfolk
  • folkloristic
  • volk
  • folklife
  • countryfolk
  • folksinger
  • folkloristics
  • selkie
  • folkish
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