Where does “hyväksyntämerkki” come from?
hyväksyntämerkki (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.
hyväksyntämerkki (Finnish): approval mark, seal of approval
Definitions
- approval mark, seal of approval
Ancestry of “hyväksyntämerkki”, step by step
hyväksyntämerkki 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 hyväksyntä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyväksyntä | approval; assent; sanction |
| 2 | Finnish | hyväksyä | to accept, approve of; to agree; to sanction,... |
| 3 | Finnish | hyvä | good; desirable, advisable |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | *hüvä | — |