Where does “mørkeblond” come from?

mørkeblond (Danish) comes from Danish mørk, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic merkuz, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.

mørkeblond (Danish): dark blonde

Definitions

  1. dark blonde

Ancestry of “mørkeblond”, step by step

mørkeblond traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish mørk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmørkdark
2Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
3Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

via Danish blond

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishblond—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →