Where does “cocostârc” come from?

cocostârc (Romanian) comes from Romanian cocor, from Proto-Slavic kokorь.

cocostârc (Romanian): stork

Definitions

  1. stork

Ancestry of “cocostârc”, step by step

cocostârc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian cocor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancocorcrane
2Proto-Slavickokorь—

via Romanian stârc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstârcheron
2Proto-Slavicstъrkъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic kokorь →Every word from Romanian cocor →