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
Definitions
- March
Ancestry of “marsmánuður”, step by step
marsmánuður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic mars
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |