Where does “mørkhudet” come from?

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

mørkhudet (Norwegian Bokmål): dark-skinned

Definitions

  1. dark-skinned

Ancestry of “mørkhudet”, step by step

mørkhudet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish mørk

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

via Danish hud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhudskin; hide
2Old Norsehúðskin
3Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Norwegian Bokmål mørk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmørkdark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →