Where does “merk” come from?

merk (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch marc, from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs — boundary, border.

merk (Dutch): mark; logo; brand

Definitions

  1. mark; logo; brand

Ancestry of “merk”, step by step

merk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch marc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmarc—
2Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
3Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

via Proto-Germanic markō

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

Words derived from “merk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →Every word from Middle Dutch marc →