tomorrow

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mergʰ-“to blink, to twinkle”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*murganaz“morning”
3. Old English · inherited fromtō morgne“tomorrow”
4. Middle English · inherited fromtomorwe
5. English todaytomorrow

From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from Old English tō morgne (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgne (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- + morrow. Compare French demain, Dutch morgen, German morgen, Swedish imorgon or Danish i morgen.

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