Where does “duister” come from?
duister (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch duuster, from Middle Low German dü̂ster, 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.
duister (Dutch): dark; bleak; gloomy; sinister
Definitions
- dark; bleak; gloomy; sinister
Ancestry of “duister”, step by step