Suffolk
English
/ˈsʌf.ək/, /ˈsʌf.ək/
proper noun
Definitions
- A maritime county in the east of England bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Sūþfolc, sūþ (south) + Old English folc (troop, common people, crowd, army, nation, people, band, multitude).
Origin
Old English
folc
Gloss
troop, common people, crowd, army, nation, people, band, multitude
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
民
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Southey English
- Suffolker English
- Suffolky English
- sud French
- *fulką Proto-Germanic
- *sunþrą Proto-Germanic
- Sūþfolc Old English
- ceorlfolc Old English
- folc Old English
- folcgefeoht Old English
- folcland Old English
- folclar Old English
- folclic Old English
- folcræden Old English
- folcstede Old English
- landfolc Old English
- sūþ Old English
- folk Middle English
- folke Middle English
- haye Middle English
- south Middle English
- sud Old French
- *folk gmw-pro
- sooth Scots