Etymology Explorer › Old High German

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

Words derived from “storc(h)”

  • Storch
  • Weißstorch
  • Milchstorch
  • storc
  • storch
  • Storch
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