Where does “sulkijamerkki” come from?

sulkijamerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulkija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sulkijamerkki (Finnish): stamp small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other for sealing envelopes, etc

Definitions

  1. stamp small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other for sealing envelopes, etc

Ancestry of “sulkijamerkki”, step by step

sulkijamerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkijacloser, shutter
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →