Where does “marcassin” come from?

marcassin (French) comes from French marque, from Frankish mark, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

marcassin (French): young wild boar, marcassin

Definitions

  1. young wild boar, marcassin

Ancestry of “marcassin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarquemark; brand; first-person singular present...
2Frankishmarkmark, sign
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marcassin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →