Where does “merkkiteos” come from?

merkkiteos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

merkkiteos (Finnish): monument, significant work (of literature, art, etc.)

Definitions

  1. monument, significant work (of literature, art, etc.)

Ancestry of “merkkiteos”, step by step

merkkiteos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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