Where does “Murks” come from?
Murks (Dutch) comes from Dutch Turks, from Dutch -s, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Murks (Dutch): a lect distinguished by unusual intonation and pronunciation and deliberate grammatical errors, used by youths to imitate and mock non-native speakers who are mostly from Turkey and Morocco
Definitions
- a lect distinguished by unusual intonation and pronunciation and deliberate grammatical errors, used by youths to imitate and mock non-native speakers who are mostly from Turkey and Morocco
Ancestry of “Murks”, step by step
Murks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Turks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Turks | Turkish; Turkic |
| 2 | Dutch | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns that end in... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch Marokkaans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Marokkaans | Moroccan |
| 2 | Afrikaans | Marokkaan | Moroccan person from Morocco or of Moroccan descent |
| 3 | Afrikaans | aan | on; at; on; to |
| 4 | Dutch | aan | on; to; on, being operative |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | āne | on, on top of |
| 6 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |