Where does “skumring” come from?

skumring (Danish) comes from Danish skumre, from Old Norse skúmi — Twilight.

skumring (Danish): nightfall, twilight, dusk, gloaming

Definitions

  1. nightfall, twilight, dusk, gloaming

Ancestry of “skumring”, step by step

skumring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish skumre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishskumreto darken setting sun
2Old NorseskúmiTwilight

via Danish ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishing—
Every word from Old Norse skúmi →Every word from Danish skumre →
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