Where does “טונקל” come from?

טונקל (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German tunkel, from Old High German tunkalī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

טונקל (Yiddish): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of “טונקל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantunkel—
2Old High Germantunkalīdark, darkness
3Old High German-ī-ness
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →