Where does “strikamerki” come from?

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

strikamerki (Icelandic): barcode

Definitions

  1. barcode

Ancestry of “strikamerki”, step by step

strikamerki 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 strik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstrikline, stroke; line segment; point
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic markōEvery word from Old Norse merki