פֿאָלגן
געפֿאָלגט
'to obey'

ETYMOLOGY

{When/how did the meaning shift from 'follow' to 'obey'? Already there in NHG folgsam 'obedient'.]
ON fylgja, OE fylgan, folgian, English to follow, OS folgon, Dutch volgen, OHG folgēn, MHG volgen, NHG folgen; from PGmc ✱fulgēn- 'to follow, accompany' < ✱plk-(éh₁)-ie- (GM).
Perhaps related to ✱felh-a- (see באַפֿעלן), from the PIE root ✱pel-.
No good comparanda outside Germanic.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

fǫlgŋ̥ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 133}

CENTRAL

folkt mox nɩš פֿאָלגט מיך נישט {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}