Where does “donker” come from?
donker (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dunkal, from Proto-Germanic dunkalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- — to smoke, fume.
Ancestry of “donker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | dunkal | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | dunkalaz | dark |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰengʷ- | to smoke, fume |
Words derived from “donker”