Where does “donkel” come from?

donkel (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German dunkel, from Old High German tunkal, from Proto-Germanic dunkalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- — to smoke, fume.

donkel (Luxembourgish): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of “donkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandunkel—
2Old High Germantunkaldark
3Proto-Germanicdunkalazdark
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʷ-to smoke, fume

Words derived from “donkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dunkalaz →Every word from Old High German tunkal →