Where does “Norþmierce” come from?

Norþmierce (Old English) comes from Old English Mierce, from Old English mearc, from Proto-West Germanic marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Norþmierce (Old English): the northern Mercians

Definitions

  1. the northern Mercians

Ancestry of “Norþmierce”, step by step

Norþmierce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Mierce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishMiercethe Mercians
2Old Englishmearcmark, sign, character; boundary, limit
3Proto-West Germanicmarkuboundary, border
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Old English norþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnorþnorth
2Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
3Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
4Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic marku →