Where does “mørkegrønn” come from?

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

mørkegrønn (Norwegian Bokmål): dark green

Definitions

  1. dark green

Ancestry of “mørkegrønn”, step by step

mørkegrønn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål mørk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmørkdark
2Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
3Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

via Norwegian Bokmål grønn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrønngreen; favourable
2Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
3Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →