Where does “mark” come from?

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

mark (Icelandic): sign, mark; target, aim, mark; goal

Definitions

  1. sign, mark; target, aim, mark; goal

Ancestry of “mark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemark—
2Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
3Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

Words derived from “mark”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →Every word from Old Norse mark →
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