Where does “sointumerkki” come from?

sointumerkki (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.

sointumerkki (Finnish): chord symbol

Definitions

  1. chord symbol

Ancestry of “sointumerkki”, step by step

sointumerkki 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 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 markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →