murky
English
adj
Definitions
- Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
- Dark, dim, gloomy.
- Cloudy, indistinct, obscure.
- Dishonest, shady.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mirky suf from English murk.
Origin
English
murk
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- murk English
- murken English
- murkily English
- murkiness English
- murklins English
- murksome English
- мрак Russian
- мракобес Russian
- мрачить Russian
- мрачный Russian
- полумрак Russian
- mørk Norwegian Bokmål
- *merkuz Proto-Germanic
- *mirkwijaz Proto-Germanic
- *mirkwiz Proto-Germanic
- mørk Norwegian Nynorsk
- mørker Norwegian Nynorsk
- mirce Old English
- merke Middle English
- mirkines Middle English
- mirky Middle English
- myrkr Old Norse
- mørk Danish
- mørke Danish
- myrkur Icelandic
- myrkur Faroese
- myrker Old Swedish
- mörk Westrobothnian
- мракъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- mørker Scanian