Where does “villmark” come from?
villmark (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mark, from Old Norse maðkr, from Proto-Germanic maþukaz, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.
villmark (Norwegian Bokmål): wilderness, wilds
Ancestry of “villmark”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mark | a worm; land, ground, field |
| 2 | Old Norse | maðkr | maggot, grub, worm |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | maþukaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | maþô | maggot, worm |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mot- | — |