Where does “mark” come from?

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

mark (Danish): field; mark

Definitions

  1. field; mark

Ancestry of “mark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemǫrkmark, by weight or value, = eight ounces; forest
2Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “mark”

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