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Where does “dusketh” come from?

dusketh (English) comes from English dusk, from Middle English dosk, from Old English dox, from Proto-Germanic duskaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂s-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

dusketh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “dusketh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishduskA period of time at the end of day when the sun...
2Middle EnglishdoskDusky; not brightly or lightly-coloured
3Old Englishdoxdark, swarthy
4Proto-Germanicduskazdark, dark-colored, dusky
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂s-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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