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Where does “stork” come from?

stork (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch storke, from Old Dutch *stork, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.

stork (Dutch): stork

Definitions

  1. stork

Ancestry of “stork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstorke—
2Old Dutch*stork—
3Proto-West Germanic*stork—
4Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
5Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork
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