Where does “välimerkittäminen” come from?
välimerkittäminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish välimerkittää, from Finnish välimerkki, 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.
välimerkittäminen (Finnish): punctuation
Ancestry of “välimerkittäminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | välimerkittää | to punctuate |
| 2 | Finnish | välimerkki | punctuation mark; In plural, punctuation |
| 3 | Finnish | merkki | mark, sign; character; symbol |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mærki | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |