volc

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Noun

volc n

1. people, folk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Declension of volc

	Singular	Plural
nominative	folc	folke
accusative	folc	folke
genitive	folcs	folke
dative	folke	folken

Descendants

• Dutch: volk, vouk (dialectal)
  • Afrikaans: volk
  • Negerhollands: volk, folok, folk, fulok, fuluk, folluk
  • → Sranan Tongo: folku
• Limburgish: vouk

Further reading

• “volc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “volc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I