Where does “mærke” come from?

mærke (Danish) comes from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

mærke (Danish): mark, sign, label, tag; mark, trace {(q|visible...

Definitions

  1. mark, sign, label, tag; mark, trace {(q|visible...

Ancestry of “mærke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemerkiboundary
2Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “mærke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →