Where does “korka” come from?

korka (Swedish) comes from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

korka (Swedish): to seal with a cork

Definitions

  1. to seal with a cork

Ancestry of “korka”, step by step

korka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishafrom
2Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
3Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
4Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
5Old Swedishløpato run
6Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
7Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
8Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-

via Swedish kork

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkorkcork; bark from the cork oak; cork; bottle...
2GermanKorkcork
3Dutchkurkcork
4Middle Dutchcurccork
5Spanishcorchocork
6LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
7Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup-
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