Where does “beitemark” come from?

beitemark (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mark, from Old Norse mark, from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs — boundary, border.

beitemark (Norwegian Nynorsk): pasture, pastureland

Definitions

  1. pasture, pastureland

Ancestry of “beitemark”, step by step

beitemark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmarka worm; land, ground, field; old Norwegian coin
2Old Norsemark—
3Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
4Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

via Norwegian Nynorsk beite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbeitepasture; land area, cultivated or not, where...
2Old Norsebeiti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →Every word from Old Norse mark →