Where does “marramendje” come from?
marramendje (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.
marramendje (Albanian): dizziness
Definitions
- dizziness
Ancestry of “marramendje”, step by step
marramendje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian marrë
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | marrë | crazy |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | marsa | — |
| 3 | German | marsch | march |
| 4 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 5 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 6 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 7 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 8 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Albanian mendje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | mendje | mind |
| 2 | Albanian | mënd | moment; I feed; I suckle |
| 3 | Latin | mōmentum | movement, motion, impulse; course |
| 4 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |