Where does “mariskalk” come from?

mariskalk (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *marhaskalk, from Proto-Germanic *marh, from Proto-Germanic marhaz, from Proto-Germanic skalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “mariskalk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*marhaskalk—
2Proto-Germanic*marh—
3Proto-Germanicmarhazhorse
4Proto-Germanicskalkazservant
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “mariskalk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalkaz →