Where does “Stoork” come from?
Stoork (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German stork, from Old Saxon stork, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.
Stoork (German Low German): stork
Ancestry of “Stoork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | stork | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | stork | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sturkaz | stork |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sr̥ǵos | stork |