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Where does “markmaður” come from?

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

markmaður (Icelandic): goalkeeper

Definitions

  1. goalkeeper

Ancestry of “markmaður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmarksign, mark; target, aim, mark; goal
2Old Norsemark—
3Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
4Proto-Indo-European*mórǵs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →