Where does “mearka” come from?

mearka (Northern Sami) comes from Old Norse mark, from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs — boundary, border.

mearka (Northern Sami): mark; sign; indication

Definitions

  1. mark; sign; indication

Ancestry of “mearka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemark—
2Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
3Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

Words derived from “mearka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →Every word from Old Norse mark →
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