Where does “slagmark” come from?

slagmark (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): battlefield

Definitions

  1. battlefield

Ancestry of “slagmark”, step by step

slagmark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk slag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskslagA blow, a strike, a punch; A battle; a stroke
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 Nynorsk mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmarka worm; land, ground, field; old Norwegian coin
2Old Norsemark—
3Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
4Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slagiz →