Where does “merk” come from?

merk (West Frisian) comes from English merked, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

merk (West Frisian): market

Definitions

  1. market

Ancestry of “merk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmerkedsimple past tense and past participle of merk
2Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mercatus →