Where does “Myrkviðr” come from?

Myrkviðr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse viðr, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

Myrkviðr (Old Norse): Mirkwood

Definitions

  1. Mirkwood

Ancestry of “Myrkviðr”, step by step

Myrkviðr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse viðr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseviðrwood; Alternative form of við
2Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

via Old Norse myrkr

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

Words derived from “Myrkviðr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old Norse viðr →