Proto-West Germanic

*derk

‘dark’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *derk.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *derk, most familiar first.

• dark ← derk ← deorc
• darkness ← derknesse ← deorcnes ← deorc
• darkly ← derkly ← derk ← deorc
• darken ← derkenen ← *deorcnian ← *dirkinōn

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *derk