Where does “kaarisulkumerkki” come from?
kaarisulkumerkki (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.
Ancestry of “kaarisulkumerkki”, step by step
kaarisulkumerkki 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 kaarisulku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaarisulku | A round bracket, parenthesis |
| 2 | Finnish | sulku | bracket; blockade; lock |
| 3 | Finnish | sulkea | to close, shut; to turn off, to switch off |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | sülkedäk | to spit |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śulke- | — |