Where does “korek” come from?

korek (Polish) comes from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

korek (Polish): cork; cork, stopper; traffic jam

Definitions

  1. cork; cork, stopper; traffic jam

Ancestry of “korek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKorkcork
2Dutchkurkcork
3Middle Dutchcurccork
4Spanishcorchocork
5LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
6Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

Words derived from “korek”

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