Where does “kork” come from?
kork (Danish) comes from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
kork (Danish): cork
Ancestry of “kork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 2 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |
Words derived from “kork”