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
Ancestry of “מאַרך”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | marc | a denomination of weight |
| 2 | Middle High German | marke | — |
| 3 | Old High German | marka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |