Where does “marsa” come from?

marsa (Proto-Albanian) comes from German marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

Ancestry of “marsa”, step by step

marsa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German marsch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmarschmarch
2Frenchmarchémarket; deal, contract; past participle of...
3Frenchmarcherto walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,...
4Middle Frenchmarcherto walk
5Old Frenchmarchierto walk; to travel by foot
6Frankishmarkōnto mark, mark out, to press with the foot
7Proto-Germanicmarkōnąto mark; to notice
8Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Proto-Indo-European mergʷ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

via Arabic مَرْسًى

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَرْسًى—

Words derived from “marsa”

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