Where does “mörkögd junco” come from?

mörkögd junco (Swedish) comes from Swedish mörk, 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.

mörkögd junco (Swedish): dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

Definitions

  1. dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

Ancestry of “mörkögd junco”, step by step

mörkögd junco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mörk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmörkdark
2Old Swedishmyrkerdark; hidden, obscured; sneaky, insidious
3Old Norsemyrkrdark, murky
4Proto-Germanicmerkuzdark
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmergʷ-dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark

via Swedish junco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishjunco—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →