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

Definitions

  1. stork

Ancestry of “storkur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestorkrstork
2Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
3Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old Norse storkr →