Where does “mørkøygd” come from?

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

mørkøygd (Norwegian Nynorsk): dark-eyed

Definitions

  1. dark-eyed

Ancestry of “mørkøygd”, step by step

mørkøygd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk mørk

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

via Norwegian Nynorsk øygd

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