Where does “mirku” come from?

mirku (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic mürkkü, from Proto-Finnic merkkü.

mirku (Northern Sami): poison

Definitions

  1. poison

Ancestry of “mirku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic merkkü →Every word from Proto-Finnic mürkkü →Every word from Finnish myrkky →