stirk

Meaning

A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.

Synonyms

heifer

Translations

añojo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɜːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stirk

Inherited from Old English: stīrc

Cognate with Middle Low German: sterke

Cognate with Middle Dutch: stierick

Cognate with Dutch: sterke

Cognate with German: 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.