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”) +‎ *-k[1] or perhaps related to *morhā (“wild carrot”)[2].

Noun

*marik m

wild celery, smallage
water parsnip

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, merċe
- Middle English: marche
  - English: march
- → Old Norse: merki[3]
  - Danish: mærke
  - Norwegian: merke
  - 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

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

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

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

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