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
Ancestry of “stork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stork | A large wading bird with long legs and a long... |
| 2 | Middle English | stork | stork |
| 3 | Old English | storc | stork |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sturkaz | stork |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sr̥ǵos | stork |