Where does “folksamling” come from?

folksamling (Swedish) comes from Swedish folk, from Old Norse folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

folksamling (Swedish): crowd

Definitions

  1. crowd

Ancestry of “folksamling”, step by step

folksamling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Swedish samling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsamlingcollection
2Swedishsamlasto gather, to meet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Old Norse folk →