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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/markō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“division; edge, boundary, border”), from *merǵ- (“to divide”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *mrogis (“region, country”), Latin margo (“border, edge”), Persian مرز (marz, “frontier”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.kɔː/
Noun
*markō f
- border, boundary
- region, area
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *markō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *markō | *markôz | |
vocative | *markō | *markôz | |
accusative | *markǭ | *markōz | |
genitive | *markōz | *markǫ̂ | |
dative | *markōi | *markōmaz | |
instrumental | *markō | *markōmiz |
Derived terms
- *markalandą
- *Markōmann-
Related terms
- *marką
- *markōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *marku
- Old English: mearc
- Middle English: marke, merke, mark
- English: mark
- Scots: merk, mark
- Middle English: marke, merke, mark
- Old Frisian: merk
- Saterland Frisian: Maak, Määrk
- West Frisian: mark
- Old Saxon: marka
- Middle Low German: marke
- German Low German: Mark
- Middle Low German: marke
- Old Dutch: *marka
- Middle Dutch: marke
- Dutch: mark
- Middle Dutch: marke
- Old High German: marka
- Middle High German: marke, march, marc
- German: Mark
- Middle High German: marke, march, marc
- Suevic:
- → Galician: marco
- → Portuguese: marco
- → Medieval Latin: marca (see there for further descendants)
- Old English: mearc
- Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku)
- Old Norse: mǫrk
- Icelandic: mörk
- Faroese: mørk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mork, mark
- Westrobothnian: mark
- Old Swedish: mark
- Swedish: mark
- Danish: mark
- Norwegian Bokmål: mark
- → Old Irish: marg
- Irish: marg
- Old Norse: mǫrk
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (marka)