Where does “stork” come from?

stork (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish storker, from Old Norse storkr, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.

stork (Swedish): stork

Definitions

  1. stork

Ancestry of “stork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstorkerstork
2Old Norsestorkrstork
3Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
4Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork

Words derived from “stork”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old Norse storkr →