derk
Middle English
/ˈdɛrk/
adj
Definitions
- dark
Etymology
Inherited from Old English deorc (dark, cheerless, sinister, without light, horrible, dreadful, wicked, sad, gloomy, obscure) inherited from *derk (dark).
Origin
*derk
Gloss
dark
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🌑 🕶️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidark English
- bedark English
- dark English
- dark flow English
- dark-haired English
- darkcore English
- darkcutter English
- darkcutting English
- darken English
- darkey English
- darkfic English
- darkfield English
- darkful English
- darkhorse English
- darkie English
- darkish English
- darkling English
- darkly English
- darkmans English
- darkness English
- darknet English
- darkon English
- darkroom English
- darkside English
- darksome English
- darkwave English
- endark English
- grimdark English
- semidark English
- wine-dark English
- *dʰerg- Proto-Indo-European
- deorc Old English
- deorcian Old English
- deorcnes Old English
- derknesse Middle English
- *derk gmw-pro
- dag Volapük