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==Skundavisk== | ==Skundavisk== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Skundavisk ''muerk'', from Old Skundavisk ''muerka'', from Old Norse ''myrkr'', from Proto-Germanic ''*merkuz''. The inherited ''merkuŕ'' existed in early Halmisk, but quickly became obsolete before coming back through Old Norse some centuries later. Some linguists claim that ''mørk'' wasn't actually inherited from Middle Skundavisk but rather borrowed again from Early Modern Danish ''mørk'' because of the irregular vowel shift /ue/ > /ø/. However, most linguists think that the Danish form caused the irregular shift without replacing the word itself. | From Middle Skundavisk ''muerk'', from Old Skundavisk ''muerka'', from Old Norse ''myrkr'', from Proto-Germanic ''*merkuz''. The inherited ''ᛗᛖᚱᚲᚢᛉ'' (''merkuŕ'') existed in early Halmisk, but quickly became obsolete before coming back through Old Norse some centuries later. Some linguists claim that ''mørk'' wasn't actually inherited from Middle Skundavisk but rather borrowed again from Early Modern Danish ''mørk'' because of the irregular vowel shift /ue/ > /ø/. However, most linguists think that the Danish form caused the irregular shift without replacing the word itself. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||