Where does “horoskooppimerkki” come from?

horoskooppimerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish horoskooppi, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

horoskooppimerkki (Finnish): astrological sign, sign of the zodiac

Definitions

  1. astrological sign, sign of the zodiac

Ancestry of “horoskooppimerkki”, step by step

horoskooppimerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish horoskooppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoroskooppihoroscope
2Medieval Latinhoroscopushoroscope
3Ancient Greekὡροσκόποςone who watches the time
4Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
5Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
6Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

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 speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai
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