Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *markō (“rand, border, edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.kɑ̃/

Noun

*marką n

mark, sign, stamp

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *marką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*marką	*markō
vocative	*marką	*markō
accusative	*marką	*markō
genitive	markas, markis	*markǫ̂
dative	*markai	*markamaz
instrumental	*markō	*markamiz

Derived terms

*markijaną
*markōną

Descendants

Old English: marc
- Middle English: mark
  - English: mark
  - Scots: mark, merk
Old Frisian: merk
- Saterland Frisian: Määrk
- West Frisian: merk
Old Saxon: mark, merk
- Middle Low German: mark
  - German Low German: Mark
Frankish: *mark, *marka
- Old Dutch: mark
  - Middle Dutch: marc
    - Dutch: mark
- → Medieval Latin: marcus, marca, marcha, marha, marka, markha (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: marc
- Middle High German: marc, marche, marke
  - German: Mark
  - Luxembourgish: Mark
Old Norse: mark, mǫrk (plural)
- Icelandic: mark, mörk (plural)
- Faroese: mark
- Norwegian: mark
- Westrobothnian: mærk
- Old Swedish: mark n
  - Swedish: mark c
- Danish: mark

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