Where does “mèrque” come from?

mèrque (Norman) comes from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

mèrque (Norman): mark

Definitions

  1. mark

Ancestry of “mèrque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemerkiboundary
2Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “mèrque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →