Where does “mǫrk” come from?

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

mǫrk (Old Norse): mark, by weight or value, = eight ounces; forest

Definitions

  1. mark, by weight or value, = eight ounces; forest

Ancestry of “mǫrk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mǫrk”

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