Where does “marsmánuður” come from?
marsmánuður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mars, from Danish march, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
marsmánuður (Icelandic): March
Ancestry of “marsmánuður”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | mars | March; march |
| 2 | Danish | march | march; march! |
| 3 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 4 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |