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

Definitions

  1. One who marks; a marker

Ancestry of “merkitsijä”, step by step

merkitsijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish merkitä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerkitäto mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp, brand;...
2Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
3Old Swedishmærki—
4Old Norsemerkiboundary
5Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →