Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/markō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“division; edge, boundary, border”), from *merǵ- (“to divide; edge, boundary, border”). Cognate with Persian مَرْز (marz, “boundary, frontier”), Latin margō (“border, edge”), Proto-Celtic *mrogis (“region, country”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.kɔː/

*markō f

1. border, boundary
2. region, area

• *markalandą
• *markōmann-

• *marką
• *markōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *marku
  • Old English: mearc
    • Middle English: marke, merke, mark
      • English: mark
      • Scots: merk, mark
  • Old Frisian: merk
    • Saterland Frisian: Maak, Määrk
    • West Frisian: mark
  • Old Saxon: marka
    • Middle Low German: marke
      • German Low German: Mark
  • Old Dutch: *marka
    • Middle Dutch: marke
      • Dutch: mark
  • Old High German: marka
    • Middle High German: marke, march, marc
      • German: Mark
  • Suevic:
    • → Galician: marco
    • → Portuguese: marco
  • → Medieval Latin: marca (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku)
  • Old Norse: mǫrk
    • Icelandic: mörk
    • Faroese: mørk
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: mork, mark
    • Old Swedish: mark
      • Swedish: mark
    • Danish: mark
      • Norwegian Bokmål: mark
    • → Old Irish: marg
      • Irish: marg
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (marka)