Where does “marchijs” come from?

marchijs (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French marquis, from Italian marchese, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Ancestry of “marchijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmarquis—
2Italianmarchesemarquis
3Late Latinmarchensis—
4Old High Germanmarcha—
5Frankishmarkuboundary, border; mark, border
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marchijs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Frankish marku →