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

  1. dark, darkness; the bomb, the shit

Ancestry of “mrak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmorkъdarkness
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*markas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

Words derived from “mrak”

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