Etymology

markka

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Today it means: A (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM. Full definition →

Finnish markka ← German Mark
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The story

  1. German · derived fromMark
  2. Finnish · borrowed frommarkka
  3. English todaymarkka

Borrowed from Finnish markka, from a Germanic language, likely German Mark. Doublet of mark.

Words from the same roots

GermanMark all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.