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Where does “dökkur” come from?

dökkur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse døkkr, from Proto-Germanic dankwaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ-o-.

dökkur (Icelandic): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of “dökkur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedøkkrdark
2Proto-Germanicdankwazdark
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʷ-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ-o- →