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- Proto-Germanic*fulkaz
- Proto-Germanic*fulką
- Proto-West Germanic*folk
- Old High Germanfolc
- Middle High Germanvolc
- GermanVolk
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wóǵʰnos
- Proto-Germanic*wagnaz
- Proto-West Germanic*wagn
- Old High Germanwagan
- Middle High Germanwagen
- GermanWagen
- GermanVolkswagen
- English todayVolkswagen
Borrowed from German Volkswagen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.