mark

Swedish

/mark/, /ˈmarkɛr/, /²markɛr/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) ground (as opposed to the sky or the sea)
  • (countable) ground, field
  • markmark currency
  • (gambling) counter, marker

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish mark inherited from Old Norse mǫrk (wilderness, w, borderland) inherited from Proto-Germanic *markō (boundary, boundary marker, region, border, marker, area, edge, rim) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (edge, boundary, border).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*marǵ-

Gloss

edge, boundary, border

Concept
Semantic Field

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Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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