Where does “Danemarche” come from?

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

Danemarche (Old French): Denmark country

Definitions

  1. Denmark country

Ancestry of “Danemarche”, step by step

Danemarche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Denemarke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansDenemarke—
2Old EnglishDenemearc—
3Old Englishmearcmark, sign, character; boundary, limit
4Proto-West Germanicmarkuboundary, border
5Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Old Norse Danmǫrk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseDanmǫrk—
2Old Norsemǫrkmark, by weight or value, = eight ounces; forest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic marku →