Where does “mark” come from?
mark (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mark, from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs.
mark (Icelandic): sign, mark; target, aim, mark; goal
Definitions
- sign, mark; target, aim, mark; goal
Ancestry of “mark”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | mark | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | marką | mark, sign, stamp |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *mórǵs | — |
Words derived from “mark”