*markō

Runic: ᛗᚨᚱᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑr.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

  1. border, boundary
  2. region, area

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (‘edge, boundary, border’), possibly from *merǵ- (‘to divide’). Cognate with Persian مَرْز (marz, ‘boundary, frontier’), Latin margō (‘border, edge’), Proto-Celtic *mrogis (‘region, country’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.markōmarkôz
Acc.markǭmarkōz
Gen.markōzmarkǫ̂
Dat.markōimarkōmaz
Inst.markōmarkōmiz
Voc.markōmarkôz

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Descendants

  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • marca (Medieval Latin)
  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *marka (Old Dutch)
      • marke (Middle Dutch)
        • mark (Dutch)
  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mearc, merc (Old English)
      • marke, merke, mark (Middle English)
        • mark (English)
        • merk, mark (Scots)
  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • merk (Old Frisian)
      • Maak, Määrk (Saterland Frisian)
      • mark (West Frisian)
  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • marka (Old High German)
      • marke, march, marc (Middle High German)
        • Mark (German)
  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • marka (Old Saxon)
      • marke (Middle Low German)
        • Mark (German Low German)
  • *marku (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ? (Suevic)
      • marco (Galician)
      • marco (Portuguese)
  • *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku) (Proto-Norse)
    • mǫrk (Old Norse)
      • mørk (Faroese)
      • mörk (Icelandic)
      • mork, mark (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku) (Proto-Norse)
    • mǫrk (Old Norse)
      • mark (Old Danish)
        • mark (Danish)
          • mark (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku) (Proto-Norse)
    • mǫrk (Old Norse)
      • marg (Old Irish)
        • marg (Irish)
  • *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku) (Proto-Norse)
    • mǫrk (Old Norse)
      • mark (Old Swedish)
        • mark (Swedish)
  • 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (marka) (Gothic)

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