Where does “mörker” come from?

mörker (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.

mörker (Swedish): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “mörker”, 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 “mörker”

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