Where does “marg” come from?

marg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European mozgos.

marg (Norwegian Bokmål): a margin; marrow; pith

Definitions

  1. a margin; marrow; pith

Ancestry of “marg”, step by step

marg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse mergr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemergrmarrow
2Proto-Germanicmazgąmarrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgos—

via Latin margō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmargōborder, margin, edge
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mazgą →Every word from Old Norse mergr →