English
morn
Morn comes from Old English morgen ‘morning’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to shimmer, glisten’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to shimmer, glisten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥Hkoreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥kénoreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*murganazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*morganreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150morgen‘morning’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500morn
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602morn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to shimmer, glisten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥Hkoreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥kénoreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*murganazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*morganreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150morgen‘morning’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500morn
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602morn
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to shimmer, glisten’
remember, march, murder, marine, nightmare, mere, maritime, marsh, mare, mortality, mara, immortal, muller, mortal, mortar, morbid, ambrosia, marinate, mortuary, moor, marinara, maar, mort, moribund, cormorant, 60 more
through Proto-Germanic *murganaz
through Old English morgen ‘morning’
Today it means
noun Morning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / morn