Where does “*markas” come from?
*markas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.
Ancestry of “*markas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | mergʷ- | dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark |