Where does “מאַרק” come from?
מאַרק (Yiddish) comes from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
מאַרק (Yiddish): market spacious site for trading
Definitions
- market spacious site for trading
Ancestry of “מאַרק”, step by step
מאַרק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German mark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mark | mark any of various European monetary units |
| 2 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Middle High German market
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | market | market |
| 2 | Old High German | marchāt | market |
| 3 | Late Latin | marcatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |