Where does “strekkmerke” come from?

strekkmerke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål merke, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

strekkmerke (Norwegian Bokmål): a stretch mark

Definitions

  1. a stretch mark

Ancestry of “strekkmerke”, step by step

strekkmerke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål merke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmerkea mark; a brand or make; to mark
2Old Norsemerkiboundary
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Norwegian Bokmål strekk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstrekkstretch; tension; elasticity
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →
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