Where does “mörkrädd” come from?

mörkrädd (Swedish) comes from Swedish mörker, 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.

mörkrädd (Swedish): afraid of the dark

Definitions

  1. afraid of the dark

Ancestry of “mörkrädd”, step by step

mörkrädd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mörker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmörkerdarkness
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 rädd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishräddafraid, scared
2Old Swedishrædderafraid, frightened
3Old Swedishræþato frighten
4Old Norsehræðato frighten; to be afraid of
5Proto-Germanichrēdijaną—

Words derived from “mörkrädd”

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