Where does “korotusmerkki” come from?

korotusmerkki (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.

korotusmerkki (Finnish): sharp sign

Definitions

sharp sign

Ancestry of “korotusmerkki”, step by step

korotusmerkki 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 korotus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	korotus	raise, increase; raise
2	Finnish	köröttää	to drive slowly
3	Finnish	-ttää	Front vowel variant of -ttaa
4	Proto-Finnic	-ttadak	Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5	Proto-Uralic	-kta-	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →