Where does “folk” come from?

folk (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian folk, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

folk (West Frisian): people, folk; call at the door if anyone's home

Definitions

  1. people, folk; call at the door if anyone's home

Ancestry of “folk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfolkpeople, folk
2Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →