Where does “merkkifarkut” come from?
merkkifarkut (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.
merkkifarkut (Finnish): designer jeans
Definitions
- designer jeans
Ancestry of “merkkifarkut”, step by step
merkkifarkut 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 farkut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | farkut | jeans, especially blue jeans; pair of jeans;... |
| 2 | English | farmarihousut | — |