Where does “markaður” come from?

markaður (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse markaðr, from Old Saxon markat, from Latin marcātus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

markaður (Icelandic): market, marketplace, fair

Definitions

  1. market, marketplace, fair

Ancestry of “markaður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemarkaðrmarket
2Old Saxonmarkat—
3Latinmarcātus—
4Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “markaður”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →