Where does “コルク” come from?
コルク (Japanese) comes from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
コルク (Japanese): cork
Ancestry of “コルク”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kurk | cork |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 3 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 4 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |