Where does “stork” come from?
stork (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon stork, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.
Ancestry of “stork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | stork | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sturkaz | stork |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sr̥ǵos | stork |
Words derived from “stork”