folk

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) people in general, humans
  • a people, a nation; in compounds referring to local or national traditions (folklore), national institutions (folkhem) or international relations (folkrätt)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse fólk 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

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