Where does “merche” come from?

merche (Old French) comes from Latin marca, from Frankish marku, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

merche (Old French): mark; reprisal

Definitions

  1. mark; reprisal

Ancestry of “merche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmarcaboundary-mark, boundary, limit; borderland,...
2Frankishmarkuboundary, border; mark, border
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Frankish marku →