Where does “leimamerkki” come from?

leimamerkki (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.

leimamerkki (Finnish): revenue stamp, fiscal stamp, tax stamp; Any...

Definitions

  1. revenue stamp, fiscal stamp, tax stamp; Any...

Ancestry of “leimamerkki”, step by step

leimamerkki 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 leima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleimastamp; label, mark; stain, taint, stigma
2Russianклеймо́brand, stamp, identification mark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →