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

  1. to mark; to give a distinguishing feature to

Ancestry of “merchier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmercmark
2Old Norsemerkiboundary
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “merchier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →