Where does “strekkmerke” come from?
strekkmerke (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk merke, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
strekkmerke (Norwegian Nynorsk): a stretch mark
Ancestry of “strekkmerke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | merke | a mark; a brand or make; to mark |
| 2 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |