Where does “stork” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stork”, step by step

stork traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German storh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstorhstork
2Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
3Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork

via Middle Dutch stork

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstork—

Words derived from “stork”

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