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Where does “myrkr” come from?

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

myrkr (Old Norse): dark, murky

Definitions

  1. dark, murky

Ancestry of “myrkr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “myrkr”

  • marked
  • mark
  • marking
  • marker
  • trademark
  • markedly
  • benchmark
  • TM
  • hallmark
  • unmarked
  • watermark
  • biomarker
  • marksman
  • postmark
  • markedness
  • marksmanship
  • murk
  • birthmark
  • Markland
  • earmark
  • checkmark
  • markdown
  • markable
  • footmark
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