Where does “fowk” come from?

fowk (Scots) comes from Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

fowk (Scots): folk, people

Definitions

  1. folk, people

Ancestry of “fowk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfolkpeople, folk multiple individuals
2Old Englishfolca people, nation, tribe; crowd; people
3Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
4Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “fowk”

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