Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stork

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sturkaz.

Noun

*stork m

stork

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stork
Genitive	*storkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stork	storkō, storkōs
Accusative	*stork	*storkā
Genitive	*storkas	*storkō
Dative	*storkē	*storkum
Instrumental	*storku	*storkum

Descendants

Old English: storc
- Middle English: stork
  - Scots: stork
  - English: stork
Old Frisian: *stork
- Saterland Frisian: Stoark
Old Saxon: *stork
- Middle Low German: stork
  - German Low German: Störk, Stoork, Stürk
Old Dutch: *stork
- Middle Dutch: storke, storc, sturc
  - Dutch: stork
Old High German: storh, storah
- Middle High German: storch
  - German: Storch
  - Hunsrik: Storrich
  - → Latvian: stārķis
  - → Lithuanian: starkus