Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/markāt

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 Late Latin marcātus, from Latin mercātus. Parallel borrowing with Old Norse markaðr, marknaðr.

Noun

*markāt m

market

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*markāt
Genitive	*markātas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*markāt	markātō, markātōs
Accusative	*markāt	*markātā
Genitive	*markātas	*markātō
Dative	*markātē	*markātum
Instrumental	*markātu	*markātum

Descendants

Old English: market n
- Middle English: market, merket (reinforced by Old Norse and Old French)
  - English: market
Old Frisian: merkad, merked, marked
- West Frisian: mereke
Old Saxon: markāt
- Middle Low German: market, markt, mark, merket
Old Dutch: *markat
- Middle Dutch: market, marct
  - Dutch: markt
    - Afrikaans: mark
    - Negerhollands: markt, market
Old High German: marchāt, markāt, marcāt, markat
- Middle High German: market, markt, mart, merket, merk
  - Alemannic German: Märcht
  - Bavarian: Morkt
  - Central Franconian: Maat, Mart
  - German: Markt
  - Luxembourgish: Maart
  - Yiddish: מאַרק (mark)

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