Where does “korkować” come from?

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

korkować (Polish): to cork

Definitions

  1. to cork

Ancestry of “korkować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkorekcork; cork, stopper; traffic jam
2GermanKorkcork
3Dutchkurkcork
4Middle Dutchcurccork
5Spanishcorchocork
6LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
7Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s

Words derived from “korkować

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s