Where does “merkkikorjaamo” come from?

merkkikorjaamo (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.

merkkikorjaamo (Finnish): authorized repair shop, authorized repairer

Definitions

  1. authorized repair shop, authorized repairer

Ancestry of “merkkikorjaamo”, step by step

merkkikorjaamo 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 korjaamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorjaamorepair shop, workshop generic term for a shop where things are repaired
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic markōEvery word from Old Norse merki