Where does “tunkal” come from?

tunkal (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic dunkalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- — to smoke, fume.

tunkal (Old High German): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of “tunkal”, step by step

tunkal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic dunkalaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdunkalazdark
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʷ-to smoke, fume

via Proto-Germanic dunkaraz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdunkarazdark

via Proto-Germanic dunkwaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdunkwaz—

Words derived from “tunkal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dunkalaz →