FOLK

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Saxon 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*fulca- = 'army, legion' ^[1]

Old Norse

folk = 'people' ^{[2] [3] [4]}
folk = 'army, legion' ^{[2] [3]}
folk = 'chief' ^[5]
fylkir = 'chief' ^{[3] [2]}

Old Saxon

folc = 'people' ^[6]
folc = 'army, legion' ^[6]

Related Names

See Folki and Fylkir

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Folkbiǫrn
GEIR	see FolkgæiRR
HAD	see Folkaðr
HVAT	see Fólkhvatur
MAR	see Folkmarr (Norse) and Volkmar (German)
RAD	see Folcrat (German)
STEIN	see Folkstæinn
VARD	see Folkward (German)
VI	see Folkví
VID	see Folkviðr

First Element Forms

Falk- Falq-
Fol- Folc- Folk- Fólk-
Vol- Wol- Volk- Voll- Woll-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
5. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
6. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)