Where does “beckmörker” come from?

beckmörker (Swedish) comes from Swedish beck, from Old Norse bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

beckmörker (Swedish): pitch darkness

Definitions

  1. pitch darkness

Ancestry of “beckmörker”, step by step

beckmörker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish beck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbeckpitch; A dark, extremely viscous material...
2Old Norsebik—
3Middle Low Germanpik—
4Old Saxonpik—
5Proto-West Germanic*pik—
6Latinpixpitch, tar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Swedish mörker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmörkerdarkness
2Old Swedishmyrkerdark; hidden, obscured; sneaky, insidious
3Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
4Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →