Where does “kallmerki” come from?

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

kallmerki (Icelandic): call sign

Definitions

  1. call sign

Ancestry of “kallmerki”, step by step

kallmerki 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 kall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickallcall, shout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic markō →Every word from Old Norse merki →