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Etymology
The Modern English word "folk", derives from Old English "folc" meaning "common people", "men", "tribe" or "multitude". The Old English noun itself came from Proto-Germanic "*fulka" which perhaps originally referred to a "host of warriors" (compare Old Norse "volc" meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment" and Lithuanian "pulkas" meaning "crowd", the latter is considered to be an early Lithuanian loanword from Germanic origin). The word gradually disappeared from English after the Norman Invasion but was reintroduced in 1846 by antiquarian William J. Thoms (1803-85) as an Anglo-Saxonism. This word revived folk in a modern sense of "of the common people, whose culture is handed down orally," and opened up a flood of compound formations, eg. folk art (1921), folk-hero (1899), folk-medicine (1898), folk-tale (1891), folk-song (1847), folk-dance (1912). Folk-music is from 1889; in reference to the branch of modern popular music (originally associated with Greenwich Village in New York City) it dates from 1958.
Cognates in other Germanic language
Folk has a cognate in almost every other Germanic language, all deriving from Proto-Germanic "*fulka", some are listed below:
- Danish - folk
- Dutch - volk
- Swedish - folk
- Frisian - folk
- Norwegian - folk
- German - Volk
- Afrikaans - folk
Fiddlers :: Fiddling
Bluegrass :: B
Blues :: B
Cajun and Zydeco :: Regional and Ethnic
Celtic :: Regional and Ethnic
Folk Dancing :: Dance
Folklore :: Society
RT: @jpenti: Folk der siger "fjæsbog" siger mig intet.
morgenthaler (Jeppe Morgenthaler) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:55:54 -0000
RT: @jpenti: Folk der siger "fjæsbog" siger mig intet.
@nexy Don't they light those around Christmas time? Those crazy Hebrew folk!
tremaine (Tremaine) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:55:51 -0000
@nexy Don't they light those around Christmas time? Those crazy Hebrew folk!
@valgerd Ah. Då sitt ho nede i bakken for meg. Ser ho har gjett ut bøker med folk eg kjenner, og eg har sikkert møtt på henne.
MadMullah (Kristian A. B.) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:55:40 -0000
@valgerd Ah. Då sitt ho nede i bakken for meg. Ser ho har gjett ut bøker med folk eg kjenner, og eg har sikkert møtt på henne.
I concur wholeheartedly! RT @staycehustle @tomestpr LOL! Yes! Then Folk Wonder What Sparks This Behavior: They're http://tl.gd/18tlf
tomestpr (Tom Estey) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:55:37 -0000
I concur wholeheartedly! RT @staycehustle @tomestpr LOL! Yes! Then Folk Wonder What Sparks This Behavior: They're http://tl.gd/18tlf
@emilybell har. vicious iphone wins again. what about us, the vicious google android folk?
binarylife (Ana Bierzanska) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:55:32 -0000
@emilybell har. vicious iphone wins again. what about us, the vicious google android folk?
@BeithProduction lol yeah it would jst be folk from the party that I ask and most hav done their shopping so it may just be us anyway :L
jenny5043 (Jennifer Johnstone) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:55:17 -0000
@BeithProduction lol yeah it would jst be folk from the party that I ask and most hav done their shopping so it may just be us anyway :L
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