Where does “aaltosulkumerkki” come from?

aaltosulkumerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish aaltosulku, from Finnish aalto, from Proto-Finnic alto, from Proto-Germanic aldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰō(n), from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰu- — trough, canoe.

aaltosulkumerkki (Finnish): A curly bracket sign

Definitions

  1. A curly bracket sign

Ancestry of “aaltosulkumerkki”, step by step

aaltosulkumerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aaltosulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishaaltosulkuA curly bracket
2Finnishaaltowave; outbreak
3Proto-Finnicaltowave
4Proto-Germanicaldǭtrough, hollow
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHoldʰō(n)—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHoldʰu-trough, canoe

via Finnish merkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
2Old Swedishmærki—
3Old Norsemerkiboundary
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰu- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰō(n) →Every word from Proto-Germanic aldǭ →