stārķis

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Latvian

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 stārķis on Latvian Wikipedia
Baltais stārķis

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German stork, or from Middle Dutch stork, both from Proto-West Germanic *stork (compare German Storch, English stork).

The long vowel comes from the long level-tone syllable in the original forms (star̃ks > stārks). This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stārķis m (2nd declension)

  1. stork (large bird with long neck and legs and a long straight beak; fam. Ciconiidae)
    baltais stārķiswhite stork
    melnais stārķisblack stork
    stārķu pārisa couple of storks
    stārķa ligzdastork nest

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stārķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN