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MARK
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element which is difficult to distinguish form MARR (2) [1]
Ancient Germanic
*marko- = 'border', 'borderland' [1]
Proto-Norse
*mark- = 'border', 'borderland' [2]
Old Saxon
marka = 'border', 'borderland' [1]
Old High German
marca = 'border', 'borderland' [1]
marcha = 'border', 'borderland' [1] [3]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ALJA | see Aljamarkiz (Proto-Norse) |
| HILD | see Markhild (German) |
| RUN | see Markrún (Norse) |
| VALD | see Markvald (Norse) |
| VARD | see Markward (German) |
| ÞOR | see Markþór (Norse) |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)