Where does “kurk” come from?
kurk (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
kurk (Dutch): cork
Definitions
- cork
Ancestry of “kurk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 2 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 3 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |