Where does “marc” come from?

marc (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mark, from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs — boundary, border.

Ancestry of “marc”, step by step

marc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*markmark, sign
2Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
3Proto-Indo-European*mórǵsboundary, border

via Germanic *mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*mark—

Words derived from “marc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs →Every word from Proto-Germanic marką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mark →