markka
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- former Finnish currency, markkamarkka, mark
- mark a currency used in many European countries, notably Germany and Finland, currently in use only in Bosnia and Herzegovina, see: convertible mark
- or saksanmarkka (saksanmarkka).
- a one-mark coin or note see m
- (historical) unit of measure for weight equivalent to half a Scandinavian pound or 212.56 grams
- (informal) money or wealth
- (slang) hundred, especially of speed
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish mark derived from Proto-Germanic *marką (mark, sign, stamp).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*marką
Gloss
mark, sign, stamp
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- markka English
- Saksa Finnish
- aika Finnish
- hopea Finnish
- hopeamarkka Finnish
- itä Finnish
- itämarkka Finnish
- kymmen Finnish
- kymmenmarkkanen Finnish
- markka-aika Finnish
- mummo Finnish
- mummonmarkka Finnish
- nykymarkka Finnish
- paperi Finnish
- paperimarkka Finnish
- penni Finnish
- puu Finnish
- puupenni Finnish
- saksanmarkka Finnish
- tuhat Finnish
- tuhatmarkkanen Finnish
- marca Latin
- marca Italian
- marque French
- *marǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *merǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *marką Proto-Germanic
- mark Swedish
- marc Old English
- mark Old Norse
- mǫrk Old Norse
- marcher Old French
- marc Catalan, Valencian
- marca Catalan, Valencian
- marca Galician
- marxa Galician
- marc Middle Dutch
- mark Old Swedish
- *mark Frankish