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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marką
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *markō (“rand, border, edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.kɑ̃/
Noun
*marką n
- mark, sign, stamp
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *marką (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *marką | *markō | |
vocative | *marką | *markō | |
accusative | *marką | *markō | |
genitive | *markas, *markis | *markǫ̂ | |
dative | *markai | *markamaz | |
instrumental | *markō | *markamiz |
Derived terms
- *markijaną
- *markōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *mark
- Old English: marc
- Middle English: mark
- English: mark
- Scots: mark, merk
- → Irish: marg
- Middle English: mark
- Old Frisian: merk
- Saterland Frisian: Määrk
- West Frisian: merk
- Old Saxon: mark, merk
- Middle Low German: mark
- German Low German: Mark
- Middle Low German: mark
- Old Dutch: marc
- Middle Dutch: marc, marc
- Dutch: merk
- Middle Dutch: marc, marc
- Old High German: marc
- Middle High German: marc, marche, marke
- German: Mark
- → Yiddish: מאַרק (mark)
- Luxembourgish: Mark
- German: Mark
- Middle High German: marc, marche, marke
- → Medieval Latin: marcus (see there for further descendants)
- Old English: marc
- Old Norse: mark, mǫrk n pl
- Icelandic: mark, mörk n pl
- Faroese: mark
- Norwegian: mark
- Westrobothnian: mærk
- Old Swedish: mark n
- Swedish: mark c
- Danish: mark