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

Definitions

  1. cork

Ancestry of “kork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcorchocork
2LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s

Words derived from “kork

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from Spanish corcho