Where does “korkur” come from?

korkur (Icelandic) comes from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

korkur (Icelandic): cork (material)

Definitions

  1. cork (material)

Ancestry of “korkur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKorkcork
2Dutchkurkcork
3Middle Dutchcurccork
4Spanishcorchocork
5LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
6Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—
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