Where does “plusmerkki” come from?

plusmerkki (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.

plusmerkki (Finnish): plus sign

Definitions

  1. plus sign

Ancestry of “plusmerkki”, step by step

plusmerkki 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 plus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishplusplus
2Latinplūsmore; more of
3Old Latinplous—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—

Words derived from “plusmerkki”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →
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