Where does “morkъ” come from?

morkъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.

morkъ (Proto-Slavic): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “morkъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*markas—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

Words derived from “morkъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas →
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