Where does “hámark” come from?

hámark (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mark, from Old Norse mark, from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs — boundary, border.

hámark (Icelandic): maximum, top of the scale

Definitions

  1. maximum, top of the scale

Ancestry of “hámark”, step by step

hámark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmarksign, mark; target, aim, mark; goal
2Old Norsemark—
3Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
4Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

via Icelandic há

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicháThe name of the Latin-script letter H;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →Every word from Old Norse mark →