Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maʀg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mazgą.

Noun

*maʀg n

1. marrow

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maʀg
Genitive	*maʀgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maʀg	*maʀgu
Accusative	*maʀg	*maʀgu
Genitive	*maʀgas	*maʀgō
Dative	*maʀgē	*maʀgum
Instrumental	*maʀgu	*maʀgum

Descendants

• Old English: mærh, mearh, mearg
  • Middle English: mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ
    • English: marrow
    • Scots: merch, mery, mairch
• Old Frisian: *march, merch, merg
  • West Frisian: murch, march, moarch
• Old Saxon: marg
  • Middle Low German: marg
• Old Dutch: marg
  • Middle Dutch: march, merch
    • Dutch: merg
      • Afrikaans: murg
• Old High German: marg
  • Middle High German: marc, march
    • Central Franconian: Märch, March (Moselle Franconian), Mark (many dialects via German)
    • German: Mark
      • → Saterland Frisian: Maak
    • Luxembourgish: Muerch
    • Vilamovian: miök
    • Yiddish: מאַרך (markh)