Where does “mørke” come from?

mørke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic merkuz, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.

mørke (Norwegian Bokmål): definite singular of mørk; plural of mørk;...

Definitions

  1. definite singular of mørk; plural of mørk;...

Ancestry of “mørke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
2Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

Words derived from “mørke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →