Where does “mörkhyad” come from?
mörkhyad (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.
mörkhyad (Swedish): dark-skinned
Definitions
- dark-skinned
Ancestry of “mörkhyad”, step by step
mörkhyad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mörk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mörk | dark |
| 2 | Old Swedish | myrker | dark; hidden, obscured; sneaky, insidious |
| 3 | Old Norse | myrkr | dark, murky |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | merkuz | dark |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mergʷ- | dark, coloured; to flicker; to darken; to be dark |
via Swedish hyad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hyad | skinned |