Where does “bekmørk” come from?

bekmørk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bek, from Old Norse bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

bekmørk (Norwegian Bokmål): pitch-dark

Definitions

  1. pitch-dark

Ancestry of “bekmørk”, step by step

bekmørk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål bek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbekpitch
2Old Norsebik—
3Middle Low Germanpik—
4Old Saxonpik—
5Proto-West Germanic*pik—
6Latinpixpitch, tar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Norwegian Bokmål mørk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmørkdark
2Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
3Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →