English
folkish
From folk + -ish.
Formed from folk + -ish
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
The story
From folk + -ish. (Compare Old English folcisc, and German völkisch.)
Today it means
adj Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / folkish