merki

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Noun[edit]

merki n (genitive singular merkis, plural merki or merkir)

  1. sign, mark
  2. banner, flag
  3. Merkið, the Faroese flag

Declension[edit]

n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative merki merkið merki(r) merkini
Accusative merki merkið merki(r) merkini
Dative merki merkinum merkjum merkjunum
Genitive merkis merkisins merkja merkjanna

Derived terms[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

merki n (genitive singular merkis, nominative plural merki)

  1. sign, mark
  2. banner

Declension[edit]

declension of merki
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative merki merkið merki merkin
accusative merki merkið merki merkin
dative merki merkinu merkjum merkjunum
genitive merkis merkisins merkja merkjanna

Derived terms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *markiją, related to *markō (see Old Norse mǫrk).

Noun[edit]

merki n

  1. boundary

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: merki
  • Faroese: merki
  • Norwegian: merke
  • Westrobothnian: mertj
  • Old Swedish: mærke
  • Danish: mærke
  • Norman: merque

References[edit]

  • merki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch melk.

Noun[edit]

merki

  1. milk
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