Where does “sointumerkintä” come from?

sointumerkintä (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.

sointumerkintä (Finnish): chord symbol, chord notation

Definitions

  1. chord symbol, chord notation

Ancestry of “sointumerkintä”, step by step

sointumerkintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish merkintä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerkintämarking; entry, booking, recording
2Finnishmerkitäto mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp, brand;...
3Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
4Old Swedishmærki
5Old Norsemerkiboundary
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Finnish Sointu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSointuchord
2Finnishsointuato harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form...
3Finnishsoidato sound; to ring
4Proto-Finnicsoidakto sound, to ring (to produce a sound)
5Proto-Finno-Ugricśoje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic markōEvery word from Old Norse merki