Where does “lastemærke” come from?

lastemærke (Danish) comes from Danish laste, from Danish last, from Middle Low German last, from Old Saxon hladan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.

lastemærke (Danish): International Load Line

Definitions

  1. International Load Line

Ancestry of “lastemærke”, step by step

lastemærke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish laste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlasteto load
2Danishlastcargo; cargo hold, hold; weight, burden
3Middle Low Germanlast—
4Old Saxonhladanto load, to lade
5Proto-West Germanichlaþanto load
6Proto-Germanichlaþanąto load
7Proto-Indo-Europeankleh₂-to put; to lay out
8Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break

via Danish mærke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmærkemark, sign, label, tag; mark, trace {(q|visible...
2Old Norsemerkiboundary
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną →