Where does “mörkgul” come from?

mörkgul (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.

mörkgul (Swedish): dark yellow

Definitions

  1. dark yellow

Ancestry of “mörkgul”, step by step

mörkgul 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 gul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgulcolored yellow; the color yellow
2Old Norsegulryellow
3Proto-Germanicgulazyellow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →