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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Noun edit

*folk n

military, army, troop
people, tribe

Inflection edit

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 edit

*fulkijan

Descendants edit

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
  - 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