Where does “katkaisumerkki” come from?

katkaisumerkki (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.

katkaisumerkki (Finnish): (search) truncation symbol, search wildcard (symbol)

Definitions

  1. (search) truncation symbol, search wildcard (symbol)

Ancestry of “katkaisumerkki”, step by step

katkaisumerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish katkaisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkaisucutting
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →