Where does “myrkur” come from?

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

myrkur (Icelandic): dark; difficult to understand, obscure; gloomy

Definitions

  1. dark; difficult to understand, obscure; gloomy

Ancestry of “myrkur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “myrkur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →