Where does “merkitsijä” come from?
merkitsijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish merkitä, 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.
merkitsijä (Finnish): One who marks; a marker
Ancestry of “merkitsijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | merkitä | to mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp, brand;... |
| 2 | Finnish | merkki | mark, sign; character; symbol |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mærki | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |