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

Definitions

  1. stork

Ancestry of “Stoork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstork—
2Old Saxonstork—
3Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
4Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old Saxon stork →