Where does “markieren” come from?

markieren (German) comes from French marquer, from Old French merchier, from Old French merc, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

markieren (German): to mark; to tag

Definitions

  1. to mark; to tag

Ancestry of “markieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmarquerTo mark, mark down; To mark; To brand
2Old Frenchmerchierto mark; to give a distinguishing feature to
3Old Frenchmercmark
4Old Norsemerkiboundary
5Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “markieren”

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