Where does “wykorkować” come from?

wykorkować (Polish) comes from Polish korkować, 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.

wykorkować (Polish): to kick the bucket

Definitions

  1. to kick the bucket

Ancestry of “wykorkować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkorkowaćto cork
2Polishkorekcork; cork, stopper; traffic jam
3GermanKorkcork
4Dutchkurkcork
5Middle Dutchcurccork
6Spanishcorchocork
7LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
8Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—
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