Where does “folkhögskola” come from?
folkhögskola (Swedish) comes from Swedish folk, from Old Norse folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
folkhögskola (Swedish): a folk highschool
Ancestry of “folkhögskola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | folk | people in general, humans; a people, a nation; in... |
| 2 | Old Norse | folk | army; people; people, army |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |