Where does “savumerkki” come from?

savumerkki (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.

savumerkki (Finnish): smoke signal

Definitions

  1. smoke signal

Ancestry of “savumerkki”, step by step

savumerkki 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 savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →