köken: From Proto-Finnic *hämärä, derived from a root hämä-, which may be possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Icelandic sámur). Related to Estonian hämar, Karelian hämärä, Livonian ämār, Veps hämär and Votic hämäre.
köken: Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include: * From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Albanian ngrys (“to have dinner, to darken”, verb). * From a root common to Ancient Greek κνέφας (knéphas, “darkness”). * From a root common to Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”) or Lithuanian krópti (“to steal”).