Where does “פֿאָלקס” come from?

פֿאָלקס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿאָלק, from Middle High German volk, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

פֿאָלקס (Yiddish): popular; public; ethnic

Definitions

  1. popular; public; ethnic

Ancestry of “פֿאָלקס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿאָלקpeople, folk
2Middle High Germanvolk—
3Old High Germanfolcfolk; people collectively, nation; people, nation
4Proto-West Germanicfolkpeople, tribe
5Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “פֿאָלקס”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic folk →