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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fulką.
Noun
*folk n
- military, army, troop
- people, tribe
Inflection
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Singular
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*folk
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| Genitive
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*folkas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*folk
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*folku
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| Accusative
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*folk
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*folku
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| Genitive
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*folkas
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*folkō
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| Dative
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*folkē
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*folkum
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| Instrumental
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*folku
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*folkum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: folc
- Old Frisian: folk
- North Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: Foulk
- West Frisian: folk
- Old Saxon: folk, folc
- Middle Low German: volk
- Low German: Volk
- German Low German: Volk
- Hamburgisch: Volk
- Westphalian:
- Lippisch: Volk
- Ravensbergisch: Folk
- Sauerländisch: Volk
- Westmünsterländisch: Volk
- Plautdietsch: Volkj
- Old Dutch: folc
- Middle Dutch: volc
- Dutch: volk, vouk (dialectal)
- Afrikaans: volk
- Negerhollands: volk, folok, folk, fulok, fuluk, folluk
- → Sranan Tongo: folku
- Limburgish: vouk
- Old High German: folk, folc, folch
- → Early Medieval Latin: fulcus
- Catalan: folc
- Italian: folla
- Old French: foulc (see there for further descendants)
- Galician: foula