Where does “merc” come from?
merc (Old French) comes from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
merc (Old French): mark
Ancestry of “merc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
Words derived from “merc”