Where does “Dünkel” come from?

Dünkel (German) comes from Middle High German tunkel, from Old High German tunkalī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Dünkel (German): conceit, smugness, arrogance

Definitions

  1. conceit, smugness, arrogance

Ancestry of “Dünkel”, step by step

Dünkel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German tunkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantunkel—
2Old High Germantunkalīdark, darkness
3Old High German-ī-ness
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Middle High German dunc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandunc—
2Germandünkento seem
3Middle High Germandunken—
4Old High Germandunkōnto dip, submerge, dunk
5Proto-West Germanicþunkōnto wet, moisten; to immerse
6Proto-Germanicþunkōną—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

Words derived from “Dünkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →