Where does “merchier” come from?
merchier (Old French) comes from Old French merc, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
merchier (Old French): to mark; to give a distinguishing feature to
Definitions
- to mark; to give a distinguishing feature to
Ancestry of “merchier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | merc | mark |
| 2 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |