Where does “kortlys” come from?

kortlys (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kort, from Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

kortlys (Afrikaans): short list

Definitions

  1. short list

Ancestry of “kortlys”, step by step

kortlys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanskortshort (in extent, physical length)
2Dutchkortshort
3Middle Dutchcort
4Old Dutchkurt
5Proto-West Germanickurtshort
6Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Afrikaans lys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanslyslist, record
2Dutchlijstlist; picture frame
3Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
4Old High Germanlīsta
5Proto-Germaniclīstōn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-
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