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