Where does “kieltomerkki” come from?

kieltomerkki (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.

kieltomerkki (Finnish): prohibition sign

Definitions

  1. prohibition sign

Ancestry of “kieltomerkki”, step by step

kieltomerkki 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 kielto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkieltoban, prohibition
2Finnishkieltääto forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to...
3Finnishkielitongue; language; string
4Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
5Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →
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