Where does “tunkel” come from?

tunkel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German tunkalī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “tunkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantunkalīdark, darkness
2Old High German-ness
3Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “tunkel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Old High German Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄
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