Where does “dyster” come from?
dyster (Danish) comes from Middle Low German dūster, from Old Saxon thiustri, from Proto-West Germanic þiustrī, from Proto-West Germanic þimstr, from Proto-Germanic þimstraz, from Proto-Indo-European témH-s-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European temH- — dark.
dyster (Danish): gloomy, sombre, sepulchral; indefinite plural of...
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- gloomy, sombre, sepulchral; indefinite plural of...
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