Where does “schemerdonker” come from?

schemerdonker (Dutch) comes from Dutch donker, from Middle Dutch donker, from Old Dutch dunkal, from Proto-Germanic dunkalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- — to smoke, fume.

schemerdonker (Dutch): twilight

Definitions

  1. twilight

Ancestry of “schemerdonker”, step by step

schemerdonker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch donker

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

via Dutch schemer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschemertwilight
2Dutchschemerento be dusky, to be in twilight
3Middle Dutchschemeren—
4Proto-Germanicskimōshine; luminescence
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- →
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