Where does “folkminne” come from?
folkminne (Swedish) comes from Swedish folk, from Old Norse folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
folkminne (Swedish): folklore; an anecdote
Ancestry of “folkminne”, step by step
folkminne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 |
via Swedish minne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | minne | memory; component used in computers etc. store... |
| 2 | Old Norse | minni | memory; less, smaller: comparative degree of... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | minnizô | comparative degree of *lītilaz |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |