Where does “marka” come from?

marka (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Ancestry of “marka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

Words derived from “marka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →