Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/markat

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin marcatus, from Late Latin marcātus, from Latin mercātus.

Noun

*markat m

1. market

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*markat
Genitive	*markatas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*markat	*markatō, *markatōs
Accusative	*markat	*markatā
Genitive	*markatas	*markatō
Dative	*markatē	*markatum
Instrumental	*markatu	*markatum

Descendants

• Old English: market n
  • Middle English: market, marcat, markat, marked, marketh, markete, markett, markette, markyth, mercatt, merket, merketh, merkett (Late Middle English) (reinforced by Old Norse and Old French)
    • English: market (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle Scots: market, mercat
      • Scots: market
    • Yola: maarkeet, markeat
• Old Frisian: merkad, merked, marked
  • West Frisian: mereke
• Old Saxon: markat
  • Middle Low German: market, markt, mark, merket
  • → Old Norse: markaðr, marknaðr (altered by -naðr)
    • Icelandic: markaður
    • Faroese: marknaður
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: marknad
    • Swedish: marknad
    • Danish: marked
      • Norwegian Bokmål: marked
    • → Welsh: marchnad
• Old Dutch: *markat
  • Middle Dutch: market, marct
    • Dutch: markt
      • Afrikaans: mark
      • Negerhollands: markt, market
• Old High German: marchat, markat, marcat
  • Middle High German: market, markt, mart, merket, merk
    • Alemannic German: Märcht
    • Bavarian: Morkt
    • Central Franconian: Maat, Mart (less common)
    • German: Markt
    • Luxembourgish: Maart
    • Yiddish: מאַרק (mark)