Where does “greinarmerki” come from?

greinarmerki (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic merki, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic markō, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.

greinarmerki (Icelandic): punctuation mark

Definitions

  1. punctuation mark

Ancestry of “greinarmerki”, step by step

greinarmerki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic merki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmerkisign, mark; banner
2Old Norsemerkiboundary
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border

via Icelandic grein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgreinbranch; article, piece; subject, field
2Old Norsegreinbranch; point, head, part; cause, reason
3Proto-Germanicgrainō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →