Where does “slagmark” come from?

slagmark (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål slag, from Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic slagiz, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slagmark (Norwegian Bokmål): a battlefield

Definitions

  1. a battlefield

Ancestry of “slagmark”, step by step

slagmark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål slag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålslagA hit; punch; A cardiac stroke; A battle between...
2Old Norseslag—
3Proto-Germanicslagizblow, strike
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Norwegian Bokmål mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmarka worm; land, ground, field
2Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
3Proto-Germanicmaþukaz—
4Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slagiz →
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