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

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)