Where does “storch” come from?

storch (German) comes from Middle High German storch, from Old High German storah, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.

storch (German): stork bird

Definitions

  1. stork bird

Ancestry of “storch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstorch—
2Old High Germanstorah—
3Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
4Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork

Words derived from “storch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old High German storah →