Where does “Korkenzieher” come from?
Korkenzieher (German) comes from German Korken, from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
Korkenzieher (German): corkscrew
Ancestry of “Korkenzieher”, step by step