From *poplos + *-ikos. *<span class="searchmatch">poplikos</span> belonging or pertaining to an army or people Old Latin: poplicus, poublicos Latin: pūblicus (see there for further descendants)...
Attested in Oscan toutico (see 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto)) and múíníkú. <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Italic</span> terms suffixed with *-ikos Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Italic</span>/<span class="searchmatch">poplikos</span> Latin: -icus...
unclear, but compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Germanic *fulką (possibly) and Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos) from this root. *poplos m army *<span class="searchmatch">poplikos</span> Old Latin: poplos, poplus...