stirk

Betekenis (Engels)

A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.

Sinonieme

heifer

Vertalings

añojo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɜːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stirk

Geërf van Old English: stīrc

Verwante met Middle Low German: sterke

Verwante met Middle Dutch: stierick

Verwante met Nederlands: sterke

Verwante met Duits: Sterk

In summary

From Middle English stirk, sterke, styrke, from Old English stīrc, stȳrc, stȳric, stīorc (“calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurik, from Proto-Germanic *stiurikaz (“bullock”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“steer”), equivalent to steer + -ock. Cognate with Middle Low German sterke (“stirk”), Middle Dutch stierick ("stirk"; compare Modern Dutch sterke (“young cow”)), German Sterk, Stärke, Stark (“stirk”). More at steer.