Where does “мрачити” come from?

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

мрачити (Serbo-Croatian): to darken

Definitions

  1. to darken

Ancestry of “мрачити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*morčitito darken
2Proto-Slavicmorkъdarkness
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*markas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas →Every word from Proto-Slavic morkъ →