Where does “storkur” come from?
storkur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse storkr, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.
storkur (Faroese): stork
Ancestry of “storkur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | storkr | stork |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sturkaz | stork |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sr̥ǵos | stork |