Where does “kirjainmerkki” come from?

kirjainmerkki (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.

kirjainmerkki (Finnish): alphabetic character

Definitions

  1. alphabetic character

Ancestry of “kirjainmerkki”, step by step

kirjainmerkki 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 kirjain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjainletter; Genitive plural form of kirja
2Finnishkirjatato book, log, register; to register
3Finnishkirjabook; quire
4Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →