Where does “Marsjanka” come from?
Marsjanka (Polish) comes from Polish Mars, from English mars, from Russian марс, from Dutch Mars, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
Ancestry of “Marsjanka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Mars | — |
| 2 | English | mars | Third-person singular simple present indicative... |
| 3 | Russian | марс | top; crow's nest |
| 4 | Dutch | Mars | (planet) |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |