Where does “mrak” come from?
mrak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.
mrak (Serbo-Croatian): dark, darkness; the bomb, the shit
Definitions
- dark, darkness; the bomb, the shit
Ancestry of “mrak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | morkъ | darkness |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *markas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mergʷ- | dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark |