Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “storc” come from?

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

Ancestry of “storc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “storc”

  • Weißstorch
  • Milchstorch
  • Storch
  • Storch
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