Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDark, murky.
From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), murzinas (“dirty, spoiled”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”).
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- Inherited-form mentionmerkeenm
- Inherited-form mentionmirceang
- Derivation mentionmyrkrnon · dark, murky
- Derivation mention*merkuzgem-pro · dark
- Derivation mention*mergʷ-ine-pro · to flicker; to darken; to be dark
- Cognate mentionmørkda · dark
- Cognate mentionmørkno · dark
- Cognate mentionmörksv · dark
- Cognate mentionmyrkuris · dark
- Cognate mentionmurgsq · dark
- Cognate mention*morkъsla-pro · darkness
- Cognate mentionmárgaslt · multicolored
- Cognate mentionἀμορβόςgrc · dark
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