Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marku

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 *markō.

Noun

*marku f

1. boundary, border

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*marku
Genitive	*markā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*marku	*markō
Accusative	*markā	*markā
Genitive	*markā	*markō
Dative	*markē	*markōm, *markum
Instrumental	*marku	*markōm, *markum

Descendants

• Old English: mearc
  • Middle English: marke, merke, mark
    • English: mark
    • Scots: merk, mark
• Old Frisian: merk
  • Saterland Frisian: Maak, Määrk
  • West Frisian: mark
• Old Saxon: marka
  • Middle Low German: marke
    • German Low German: Mark
• Old Dutch: *marka
  • Middle Dutch: marke
    • Dutch: mark
• Old High German: marka
  • Middle High German: marke, march, marc
    • German: Mark
• Suevic:
  • → Galician: marco
  • → Portuguese: marco
• → Medieval Latin: marca (see there for further descendants)