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German word Volk comes from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥-, Proto-Indo-European *plē-, Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go-, and later Proto-Germanic *fulką (People. Race, nation.)

*pl̥- (Proto-Indo-European)

*plē- (Proto-Indo-European)

*pl̥h₁-go- (Proto-Indo-European)

*fulką (Proto-Germanic)

People. Race, nation.

folc (Old High German)

volc (Middle High German)

Volk (German)

(biology) herd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insects. (possibly, _, dated) common people, the lower classes, the working classes. Folk, crowd (large group of people gathered somewhere). People, nation, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language). People, population, citizens.

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