Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marik

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from *mari (“sea, lake”) +‎ *-(u)k^[1] or perhaps related to *morhā (“wild carrot”)^[2].

Noun

*marik m

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*marik
Genitive	*marikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*marik	marikō, marikōs
Accusative	*marik	*marikā
Genitive	*marikas	*marikō
Dative	*marikē	*marikum
Instrumental	*mariku	*marikum

Descendants

Old English: mereċe, meriċi, merċe, mearċe (< *marikī)
- Middle English: merche, marche, merch, merege, merc, merce (Early Middle English)
  - English: march
- → Old Norse: merki^[3]
  - Old Danish: mærkæ
    - Danish: mærke
  - Norwegian: merke
  - Old Swedish: mærke
    - Swedish: märke
Old Saxon: *merik, *merk
- Middle Low German: merk
  - → Dutch: merk
  - → German: Merk
  - → Knaanic: מֵירק (merk)
Old High German: merk, merc
→ Polish: marek

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*marikan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*markjan ~ *markjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*marikan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*marikan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*markjan ~ *markjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*marikan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

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