Where does “aurausmerkki” come from?

aurausmerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish auraus, from Finnish aurata, from Finnish Aura, from Finnish Aurora, from Latin aurōra, from Proto-Italic auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwsōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éws-os-s — dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up.

aurausmerkki (Finnish): snowplowing marker, plow stake

Definitions

  1. snowplowing marker, plow stake

Ancestry of “aurausmerkki”, step by step

aurausmerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish auraus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurausploughing/plowing
2Finnishauratato plough; to snow plow; to stem, snow plow
3FinnishAuraplough, plow agricultural tool
4FinnishAuroraAurora
5Latinaurōra
6Proto-Italicauzōsdawn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwsōsdawn; goddess of dawn, bringer of light for which...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éws-os-s
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up

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
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