Where does “Muerch” come from?
Muerch (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German marg, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.
Muerch (Luxembourgish): marrow
Ancestry of “Muerch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | marg | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *maʀg | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mazgą | marrow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgos | — |