English
folkboat
From folk + boat.
Proto-Germanic *fulką ‘troop, army’
Proto-West Germanic *folk ‘military, army, troop’
Old English folc ‘the people, especially the common people’
Middle English folk ‘people, folk’
English folk
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‘to break’
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Proto-Germanic *baitaz ‘boat’
Proto-West Germanic *bait ‘boat’
Old English bāt
Middle English bot
English boat
Today it means
noun A small, affordable sailboat, rigged as a sloop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / folkboat