Where does “mörkrum” come from?

mörkrum (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.

mörkrum (Swedish): darkroom

Definitions

  1. darkroom

Ancestry of “mörkrum”, step by step

mörkrum 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 rum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrumroom; part of a building; room; empty, available...
2Old Norserúmroom; space
3Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mergʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic merkuz →Every word from Old Norse myrkr →