Where does “päiväkirjamerkintä” come from?
päiväkirjamerkintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish merkintä, 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.
päiväkirjamerkintä (Finnish): journal entry, diary entry
Definitions
- journal entry, diary entry
Ancestry of “päiväkirjamerkintä”, step by step
päiväkirjamerkintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish merkintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merkintä | marking; entry, booking, recording |
| 2 | Finnish | merkitä | to mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp, brand;... |
| 3 | Finnish | merkki | mark, sign; character; symbol |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mærki | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Finnish päiväkirja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päiväkirja | A diary, especially one kept by an individual; A... |
| 2 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |