Släkthistoria för Sterk
Sterk Vad efternamn betyder
German and Dutch: nickname from Middle Low German sterk and Middle High German stark Middle Dutch sterke star(c)ke staerke ‘strong brave’. Slovenian (Šterk): nickname from a derivative of štrkati ‘to shoot (i.e. to move suddenly and very fast) to shun (from gadflies)’ or perhaps from related today Croatian only štrk ‘gadfly’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German Stärke ‘strength’ (compare 1 above).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
