Where does “anmarsj” come from?
anmarsj (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Anmarsch, from German marsch, 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.
anmarsj (Norwegian Bokmål): approach, advance towards a place or state
Definitions
- approach, advance towards a place or state
Ancestry of “anmarsj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Anmarsch | approach |
| 2 | German | marsch | 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 |