Where does “Storch” come from?

Storch (German) comes from Middle High German storc, from Old High German *stork, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.

Storch (German): stork; girl

Definitions

  1. stork; girl

Ancestry of “Storch”, step by step

Storch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German storc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstorc—
2Old High German*stork—
3Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
4Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork

via Middle High German storch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstorch—
2Old High Germanstorah—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old High German *stork →
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