merki

Faroese

noun
Definitions
  • sign, mark
  • banner, flag
  • Merkið, the Faroese flag

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse merki (celery, boundary) derived from Proto-Germanic *markō (boundary, boundary marker, region, border, marker, area, edge, rim) derived from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (edge, boundary, border).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*marǵ-

Gloss

edge, boundary, border

Concept
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Person/Thing

Kanji

端

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