Märch

See also: march, March, and marc'h

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

March (Moselle Franconian)
Mark (many dialects via German)

Etymology

From Middle High German marc, from Old High German marg with regular -ar- → -ęr- before a non-dental consonant, from Proto-West Germanic *maʀg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare the same in Dutch merg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛʀɕ/, /ˈmɛʀəɕ/

Noun

Märch n or m (no plural)

(Ripuarian) marrow

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