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Where does “marrëdhënie” come from?

marrëdhënie (Albanian) comes from Albanian marrë, from Proto-Albanian marsa, from German marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marrëdhënie (Albanian): intercourse; relationship

Definitions

  1. intercourse; relationship

Ancestry of “marrëdhënie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmarrëcrazy
2Proto-Albanianmarsa—
3Germanmarsch—
4Frenchmarchémarket; deal, contract; past participle of...
5Frenchmarcherto walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,...
6Middle Frenchmarcherto walk
7Old Frenchmarchierto walk; to travel by foot
8Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
9Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
10Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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