Where does “kuolemanmerkki” come from?

kuolemanmerkki (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.

kuolemanmerkki (Finnish): sign of death

Definitions

sign of death

Ancestry of “kuolemanmerkki”, step by step

kuolemanmerkki 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 kuolema

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kuolema	death, demise, decease; deathly
2	Proto-Finnic	koolema	death
3	Proto-Finnic	kooldak	to die
4	Proto-Uralic	kale-	to die

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