Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/folk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Noun

*folk n

1. military, army, troop
2. people, tribe

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*folk
Genitive	*folkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*folk	*folku
Accusative	*folk	*folku
Genitive	*folkas	*folkō
Dative	*folkē	*folkum
Instrumental	*folku	*folkum

Derived terms

• *fulkijan

Descendants

• Old English: folc
  • Middle English: folk, folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk
    • English: folk
    • Scots: fowk
• Old Frisian: folk
  • North Frisian:
    • Föhr-Amrum: folk
  • Saterland Frisian: Foulk
  • West Frisian: folk
• Old Saxon: folk, folc
  • Middle Low German: volk
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:

        Hamburgisch: Volk

        Westphalian:

        Lippisch: Volk

        Ravensbergisch: Folk

        Sauerländisch: Volk

        Westmünsterländisch: Volk

    • Plautdietsch: Volkj
• Old Dutch: folc
  • Middle Dutch: volc
    • Dutch: volk
      • Afrikaans: volk
      • Negerhollands: volk, folok, folk, fulok, fuluk, folluk
      • → Sranan Tongo: folku
    • Limburgish: vouk
• Old High German: folk, folc
  • Middle High German: volk
    • Cimbrian: vòlk, bòlk (Mezzaselva)
    • German: Volk
    • Hunsrik: Follek
    • Luxembourgish: Vollek
    • Vilamovian: fulk
    • Yiddish: פֿאָלק (folk)
• → Early Medieval Latin: fulcus
  • Catalan: folc
  • Italian: folla
  • Old French: foulc (see there for further descendants)
  • Galician: foula