Where does “storc(h)” come from?

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

Ancestry of “storc(h)”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
2Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵosEvery word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz