Where does “mörk” come from?

mörk (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish myrker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic merkuz, from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- — dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark.

mörk (Swedish): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of “mörk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishmyrkerdark; hidden, obscured; sneaky, insidious
2Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
3Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

Words derived from “mörk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →