טונקל

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German tunkel, from Old High German tunkal, tuncal (dark), from Proto-West Germanic *dunkal, from Proto-Germanic *dunkalaz (dark), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʷ- (to smoke, fume). Compare to German dunkel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

טונקל (tunkl) (comparative טונקלער (tunkler), superlative טונקלסט (tunklst))

  1. dark