Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/márkos

Reconstruction
The reconstruction at the PIE level is disputed on several grounds:
 * limited geographical distribution in Western IE - only present in the Celtic and Germanic branches.
 * the presence of rare/disputed PIE phoneme */a/; a reconstruction *mh₂érkos seems untenable.

One theory which does not accept the existence of this PIE word sees the Germanic forms as a borrowing from the Celtic, and those as a loan from 🇨🇬 (compare 🇨🇬), from (compare 🇨🇬); akin to 🇨🇬. If the PIE word did exist, it is probably a Wanderwort across Eurasian languages; see for more.

Noun

 * 1)  horse (Equus ferus caballus)
 * 2)  wild horse (Equus ferus przewalskii or )

Usage notes
Possibly denoting only a "wild horse" as opposed to the.