Where does “mearc” come from?

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

mearc (Old English): mark, sign, character; boundary, limit

Definitions

  1. mark, sign, character; boundary, limit

Ancestry of “mearc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mearc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic marku →