Where does “karimerkki” come from?

karimerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kari, from Russian Макарий, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

karimerkki (Finnish): isolated danger mark seamark placed on or above an isolated danger of limited extent, e.g. a rock, which has navigable water around it

Definitions

  1. isolated danger mark seamark placed on or above an isolated danger of limited extent, e.g. a rock, which has navigable water around it

Ancestry of “karimerkki”, step by step

karimerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarirock; skerry; ground
2RussianМакарий
3Ancient GreekΜακάριοςblessed, happy
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

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 -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ισμός