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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdunkal
2Proto-Germanicdunkalazdark
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʷ-to smoke, fume

Words derived from “donker

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ-