Word Origin Summary

Fok is attested in West Uvean. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. forkeMiddle Englishinherited from
2. *furkōProto-West Germanicinherited from
3. *ǵʰerk(ʷ)-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
4. forkEnglishborrowed from
5. *perg-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
6. forceEnglishinherited from
7. forqueOld Northern Frenchderived from
8. *furkazProto-West Germanicderived from

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