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