Where does “beitemark” come from?

beitemark (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mark, from Old Norse maðkr, from Proto-Germanic maþukaz, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

beitemark (Norwegian Bokmål): pasture, pastureland

Definitions

  1. pasture, pastureland

Ancestry of “beitemark”, step by step

beitemark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmarka worm; land, ground, field
2Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
3Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
4Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

via Norwegian Bokmål beite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbeitepasture; to graze
2Old Norsebeiti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþô →Every word from Proto-Germanic maþukaz →