Where does “fredsmarsj” come from?
fredsmarsj (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål marsj, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
fredsmarsj (Norwegian Bokmål): a peace march, march for peace
Definitions
- a peace march, march for peace
Ancestry of “fredsmarsj”, step by step
fredsmarsj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål marsj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | marsj | walk trip made by walking |
| 2 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |