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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →