morn

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 498 words | Copyright

morn OE. morgen, inflected mor(g)n- = OS., OHG. morgan (Du., G. morgen):- WGmc. *murʒanaz; cf., with variation of suffix, ON. morgunn, also OE. myrgen-, ON. myrginn, Goth. maurgins (:- Gmc. *murʒinaz), and with different vowel grade of the base, OE. merġen, MDu. margen, mergen, ON. merginn :- Gmc. *marʒanaz, *marʒinaz. The typical ME. developments of OE. morgen were: morʒen, morwen; morun, moren, morn; morwe, moru, MORROW.
Hence (after EVENING) morning XIII.

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