Where does “merke” come from?

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

merke (Norwegian Nynorsk): a mark; a brand or make; to mark

Definitions

  1. a mark; a brand or make; to mark

Ancestry of “merke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemerkiboundary
2Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “merke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →