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Where does “mark” come from?

mark (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic marką, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs.

Ancestry of “mark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmarkąmark, sign, stamp
2Proto-Indo-European*mórǵs—

Words derived from “mark”

  • mark
  • lágmark
  • marksúla
  • markstöng
  • markslá
  • markteigur
  • daggarmark
  • markmaður
  • sjálfsmark
  • markalína
  • markspyrna
  • hámark
  • lífsmark
  • markvörður
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