Where does “korkokverko” come from?

korkokverko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Korko, from English Cork, from Middle English cork, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

korkokverko (Esperanto): cork oak

Definitions

  1. cork oak

Ancestry of “korkokverko”, step by step

korkokverko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto Korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoKorkocork bottle stopper
2EnglishCork(County Cork)
3Middle Englishcorkoak bark, cork
4Middle Dutchcurccork
5Spanishcorchocork
6LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
7Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s

via Esperanto kverko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokverkooak, oak tree; oak
2LatinquercusAn oak, oak-tree, especially the Italian oak; Of...
3Proto-Italickʷerkus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpérkusoak
5Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from Spanish corcho
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