Where does “alkumerkki” come from?

alkumerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish merkki, from Old Swedish mærki, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

alkumerkki (Finnish): start signal, starting signal a signal or indication that tells someone to start doing something

Definitions

start signal, starting signal a signal or indication that tells someone to start doing something

Ancestry of “alkumerkki”, step by step

alkumerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish merkki

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	merkki	mark, sign; character; symbol
2	Old Swedish	mærki	—
3	Old Norse	merki	boundary
4	Proto-Germanic	markō	border, boundary; region, area
5	Proto-Indo-European	morǵ-	edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Finnish alku

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	alku	start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
2	Finnish	alkaa	to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3	Proto-Finnic	alkadak	to begin, to start
4	Proto-Uralic	alka-	beginning

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →