Where does “stork” come from?

stork (Volapük) comes from English stork, from Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-Germanic sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos — stork.

stork (Volapük): stork

Definitions

  1. stork

Ancestry of “stork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstorkA large wading bird with long legs and a long...
2Middle Englishstorkstork
3Old Englishstorcstork
4Proto-Germanicsturkazstork
5Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥ǵosstork
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sr̥ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturkaz →Every word from Old English storc →