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.

Concepten

ooievaar

eiber

stork

uiver

kraanvogel

Synoniemen

heron

crane

jabiru

marabou

marabou stork

adijutant

white crane

abdin’s

egret

flamingo

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Vertalingen

cigogne

Storch

cicogna

cigüeña

cegonha

πελαργός

cigonya

leylek

ciconia

λελέκι

لقلق

cigonha

Ciconia spp.

Ciconia

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɔɹk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: stork

Overgenomen van Oudengels: storc

Verwant aan Nederlands: stork

Verwant aan Duits: Storch

Verwant aan Zweeds: stork

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.