*sturkaz

Runic: ᛊᛏᚢᚱᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈstur.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

stork

Etymology

According to (Witczak 1991), from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (‘stork’), cognate to Sanskrit सृजय (sṛjaya) (sṛjaya, ‘wading bird’), Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós) (pelargós, ‘stork’), and Dacian *βärzæ (whence Romanian barză (‘stork’), dialectal Bulgarian барзъ (barz).)

Alternately, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥gos, from *(s)terg-, *(s)terǵ- (‘a type of bird’), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (‘stiff’). Cognate with Old East Slavic стьркъ (stĭrkŭ, ‘stork, crane’), Russian стерх (sterx, ‘Siberian crane’), Ancient Greek τόργος (tórgos) (tórgos, ‘vulture’), Albanian sterkjok (‘stork’) and possibly Old Armenian տառեղն (taṙełn, ‘stork’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sturkazsturkōz, sturkōs
Acc.sturkąsturkanz
Gen.sturkas, sturkissturkǫ̂
Dat.sturkaisturkamaz
Inst.sturkōsturkamiz
Voc.sturksturkōz, sturkōs

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Descendants

  • *stork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *stork (Old Dutch)
      • storke, storc, sturc (Middle Dutch)
        • stork (Dutch)
  • *stork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • storc (Old English)
      • stork (Middle English)
        • stork (English)
        • stork (Scots)
  • *stork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *stork (Old Frisian)
      • Stoark (Saterland Frisian)
  • *stork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • storah, storh, *stork (Old High German)
      • storch, storc (Middle High German)
        • stārķis (Latvian)
        • starkus (Lithuanian)
        • Stuerk (Luxembourgish)
  • *stork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • storah, storh, *stork (Old High German)
      • storch, storc (Middle High German)
        • Storch, Stork (German)
          • Storrich (Hunsrik)
          • Storch (Luxembourgish)
  • *stork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *stork (Old Saxon)
      • stork (Middle Low German)
        • Störk, Stoork, Stürk (German Low German)
  • storkr (Old Norse)
    • storkur (Faroese)
    • storkur (Icelandic)
    • stork (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • stork (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • storkr (Old Norse)
    • stork (Old Danish)
      • stork (Danish)
  • storkr (Old Norse)
    • storker (Old Swedish)
      • stork (Swedish)

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