stork

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
2. (euphemistic) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
3. The seventeenth Lenormand card.

Sinonieme

heron

crane

jabiru

marabou

marabou stork

adijutant

white crane

abdin’s

egret

flamingo

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Vertalings

cigogne

Storch

cicogna

cigüeña

ooievaar

cegonha

πελαργός

cigonya

ciconia

leylek

λελέκι

لقلق

cigonha

Ciconia spp.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɔɹk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stork

Geërf van Old English: storc

Verwante met Nederlands: stork

Verwante met Duits: Storch

Verwante met Sweeds: stork

Verwante met Yslands: storkur

In summary

From Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”). Near cognates include Dutch stork, German Storch, Swedish stork, and Icelandic storkur. Compare also Latvian stārķis (“stork”), borrowed from Germanic.