English
folkster
Derived from folk + -ster.
Formed from folk + -ster
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
Derived from folk + -ster.
Today it means
noun A folk musician.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / folkster