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FOLK
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Contents
Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*fulca- = 'army', 'legion' [1]
Proto-Norse
*fulka- = 'army', 'legion' [2]
Old Norse
folk = 'people' [3] [4] [5] [6]
folk = 'army', 'legion' [3] [4] [6] [2]
folk = 'chief' [7]
fylkir = 'chief' [4] [3]
Old Saxon
folc = 'people' [8]
folc = 'army', 'legion' [8]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRN | see Folkbiǫrn |
| GEIR | see *Fulkagaizaz (Norse) |
| HAD | see Folkaðr |
| HARD | see Fulchard (German) |
| HER | see *Fulkaharjaz (Norse), Fulchar (German), Folchere (English) |
| HVAT | see Fólkhvatur |
| MAR | see Folkmarr (Norse) and Volkmar (German) |
| RAD | see Folcrat (German) |
| STEIN | see Folkstæinn |
| VAR | see *Fulkawarjaz (Norse) |
| VARD | see Folcward (German) |
| VI | see Folkví |
| VID | see Folkviðr |
First Element Forms
Falk-
Falq-
Fol-
Folc-
Folk-
Fólk-
Vol-
Wol-
Volk-
Voll-
Woll-
Fulc-
*Fulka-
References
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)