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*storkstork
4Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
5Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stork →