Where does “dunkelrot” come from?

dunkelrot (German) comes from German Dünkel, 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...

dunkelrot (German): dark red

Definitions

  1. dark red

Ancestry of “dunkelrot”, step by step

dunkelrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Dünkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDünkelconceit, smugness, arrogance
2Middle High Germantunkel
3Old High Germantunkalīdark, darkness
4Old High German-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German rōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrōt
2Middle High Germanrōtred, red-haired
3Old High Germanrōtred, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Old High German Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄