Where does “donkerte” come from?

donkerte (Dutch) comes from Dutch te, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

donkerte (Dutch): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “donkerte”, step by step

donkerte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via Dutch donker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdonkerdark; darkness, the dark
2Middle Dutchdonker—
3Old Dutchdunkal—
4Proto-Germanicdunkalazdark
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʷ-to smoke, fume
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →