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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

  1. cork

Ancestry of “kurk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcurccork
2Spanishcorchocork
3LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
4Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

Words derived from “kurk”

  • コルク
  • kurkentrekker
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