{"id":3480,"date":"2024-07-27T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2024-07-27T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T13:45:07","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-folk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3480","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Folk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-07-27T13:45:07+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology we're looking into the origins of the word folk.\n\n\nSome folk playing folk music\n\nFolk [f\u0259\u028ak \/ fo\u028ak] can refer to:\n\n\nPeople, persons\nOne\u2019s relatives, especially one\u2019s parents (e.g. my folks)\nShort for folk music\nA people...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/folk.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1004\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3480-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/folk.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/folk.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/folk.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/folk.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3480-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/folk.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"folk.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology we&#8217;re looking into the origins of the word <strong>folk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/35641850150\/in\/album-72157671265431635\/\" title=\"Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Maoinigh, Caitl\u00edn Nic Gobhann and Cathal \u00d3 Curr\u00e1\u00edn at Oideas Gael, Donegal, Ireland, July 2017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4314\/35641850150_0180e4dc4f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Maoinigh, Caitl\u00edn Nic Gobhann and Cathal \u00d3 Curr\u00e1\u00edn at Oideas Gael, Donegal, Ireland, July 2017\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Some folk playing folk music<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Folk<\/strong> [f\u0259\u028ak \/ fo\u028ak] can refer to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People, persons<\/li>\n<li>One\u2019s relatives, especially one\u2019s parents (e.g. my folks)<\/li>\n<li>Short for folk music<\/li>\n<li>A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. (<em>Archaic<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <strong>folk<\/strong> [f\u0254lk] (people, nation, group, family, kin, relatives, humanity), from Old English <em>folc<\/em> [folk] (people, nation, tribe, crowd) from Proto-Germanic <em>fulk\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8\u0278ul.k\u0251\u0303] (people, tribe), <em>*fulkaz<\/em> (crowd, army), possibly from PIE <em>*pleh\u2081-<\/em> (to fill) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/folk#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>fill<\/strong>, <strong>pleb<\/strong>, <strong>plenty<\/strong>, <strong>plural<\/strong>, <strong>plus<\/strong> and <strong>public<\/strong> in English, <strong>pul\u0303kas<\/strong> [\u02c8p\u028alk\u0250s] (flock, crowd, regiment) in Lithuanian, <strong>pu\u0142k<\/strong> [puwk] (regiment) in Polish, and <strong>Volk<\/strong> [f\u0254lk] (people, native, tribe) in German [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/fulk%C4%85\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The French word <strong>plouc<\/strong> [pluk] (country bumpkin, yokel) also comes from the same roots, via Breton <strong>plouk<\/strong> [plu\u02d0k] (yokel), from <strong>ploue<\/strong> [plu\u02d0e] (parish, countryside) Proto-Brythonic <strong>*plu\u0268\u03b2<\/strong> (countryside, parish, common people) and Latin <em>pl\u0113b(\u0113)s<\/em> (common people, plebians) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/plouc#French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in other Celtic languages include <strong>pluw<\/strong> (parish) in Cornish, and <strong>plwy(f)<\/strong> [plu\u02d0\u0268\u032f(v) \/ pl\u028ai\u032f(v)] (parish, poor relief, parishioners, people) in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic\/plu%C9%A8%CE%B2\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>For more details, see the post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/04\/23\/land-parishes-enclosures\/\">Land, Parishes &amp; Enclosures<\/a> on the Celtiadur.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/podbay.fm\/p\/radio-omniglot\">Podbay<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">Podtail<\/a> and other pod places.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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Some folk playing folk music Folk [f\u0259\u028ak \/ fo\u028ak] can refer to: People, persons One\u2019s relatives, especially one\u2019s parents (e.g. my folks) Short for folk music A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. 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