Where does “tekijänoikeusmerkki” come from?

tekijänoikeusmerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekijänoikeus, from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tekijänoikeusmerkki (Finnish): copyright symbol, copyright

Definitions

  1. copyright symbol, copyright

Ancestry of “tekijänoikeusmerkki”, step by step

tekijänoikeusmerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tekijänoikeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijänoikeuscopyright
2Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
3Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
4Estoniantegemato do
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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 dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Uralic teke-Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk