volk
Afrikaans
/fɔlk/
noun
Definitions
- people
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish volk (people, folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes, population) inherited from Middle Dutch volc inherited from Old Dutch folc inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulką (people, multitude, host of warriors, people collectively, folk, crowd, nation, tribe, race, army).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fulką
Gloss
people, multitude, host of warriors, people collectively, folk, crowd, nation, tribe, race, army
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
民
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- volk English
- Fulcaredi Latin
- fullo, fullare Latin
- Volkenbond Dutch, Flemish
- Volkslatijn Dutch, Flemish
- bijenvolk Dutch, Flemish
- omvolking Dutch, Flemish
- scheepsvolk Dutch, Flemish
- volk Dutch, Flemish
- volkenrecht Dutch, Flemish
- volkerenmoord Dutch, Flemish
- volks Dutch, Flemish
- volksaard Dutch, Flemish
- volksaltaar Dutch, Flemish
- volksbuurt Dutch, Flemish
- volksfeest Dutch, Flemish
- volksgezondheid Dutch, Flemish
- volkslied Dutch, Flemish
- volksmenner Dutch, Flemish
- volksmond Dutch, Flemish
- volksoploop Dutch, Flemish
- volksopstand Dutch, Flemish
- volksplanting Dutch, Flemish
- volksraad Dutch, Flemish
- volksrepubliek Dutch, Flemish
- volksstam Dutch, Flemish
- volkstaal Dutch, Flemish
- volkstelling Dutch, Flemish
- volkstuin Dutch, Flemish
- volkstuinder Dutch, Flemish
- volksuniversiteit Dutch, Flemish
- volksverhaal Dutch, Flemish
- volksvertegenwoordiger Dutch, Flemish
- volksvertegenwoordiging Dutch, Flemish
- volksvijandig Dutch, Flemish
- wachtvolk Dutch, Flemish
- *pl̥h₁-gós Proto-Indo-European
- *fulką Proto-Germanic
- folc Old English
- folk Old Norse
- fólk Old Norse
- *pъlkъ Proto-Slavic
- volc Middle Dutch
- folc Old High German
- folk Old High German
- -s- Afrikaans
- lied Afrikaans
- volkslied Afrikaans
- *folk gmw-pro
- folc Old Dutch
- folk Old Saxon
- *fulc Frankish
- пълъкъ Old East Slavic
- folk Old Frisian