Where does “myrkagráur” come from?

myrkagráur (Faroese) comes from Faroese myrkur, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic merkuz, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.

myrkagráur (Faroese): dark grey

Definitions

  1. dark grey

Ancestry of “myrkagráur”, step by step

myrkagráur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese myrkur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesemyrkurdarkness; dark
2Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
3Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

via Faroese gráur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesegráurgrey
2Old Norsegrárgrey; spiteful
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →