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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
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olephotoebay (Our Lil Enterprise) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:05:03 -0000
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ilvwaynesville (Carol Vacca) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:36:08 -0000
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Wee Forest Folk - Official factory site, run by the Petersen family. News, photos of current and retired pieces, FAQ, Q/A, and information of interest to collectors.
Wee Forest Folk Collectors' Club - National club publishes 6 newsletters per year and offers services to collectors such as a Master List of Pieces, secondary market assistance, appraisals, and answers to WFF questions. Hundreds of photos of current and retired pieces, including store specials. Online collectors' list, secondary market information, and retailers list.
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