Where does “folkkär” come from?

folkkär (Swedish) comes from Swedish kår, from French corps, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

folkkär (Swedish): popular beloved by the people

Definitions

  1. popular beloved by the people

Ancestry of “folkkär”, step by step

folkkär traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkåra corps, a corporation, a company, a union, a...
2Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via Swedish folk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfolkpeople in general, humans; a people, a nation; in...
2Old Norsefolkarmy; people; people, army
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →