Etymograph

English

Polk

Polk may come from Proto-Slavic *plъkъ ‘army, crowd’.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*plъkъ‘army, crowd’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPolk

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*plъkъ‘army, crowd’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPolk

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *fulką ‘troop, army’

folk, volk, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *plъkъ / Polk

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