Where does “Mark” come from?

Mark (German) comes from Middle High German marc, from Middle High German marke, from Old High German marka, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Mark (German): the name of a currency, mark; a usually fortified...

Definitions

  1. the name of a currency, mark; a usually fortified...

Ancestry of “Mark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmarca denomination of weight
2Middle High Germanmarke—
3Old High Germanmarka—
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-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 High German marka →