Where does “stork” come from?

Stork comes from Old English storc, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos, a bird name of uncertain ultimate origin.

stork (English): A large wading bird with long legs and a long...

Definitions

  1. A large wading bird with long legs and a long...

Ancestry of “stork”, step by step

stork traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English stork

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstorkstork
2Old Englishstorcstork
3Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
4Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork

via German stork

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstork—

Words derived from “stork”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old English storc →