Where does “מאַרך” come from?

מאַרך (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German marc, from Middle High German marke, from Old High German marka, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

מאַרך (Yiddish): marrow; brain

Definitions

  1. marrow; brain

Ancestry of “מאַרך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmarca denomination of weight
2Middle High Germanmarke—
3Old High Germanmarka—
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old High German marka →