Where does “shkurt” come from?

shkurt (Albanian) comes from Vulgar Latin excurtus, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

shkurt (Albanian): short; in short, in brief, in sum; abruptly

Definitions

  1. short; in short, in brief, in sum; abruptly

Ancestry of “shkurt”, step by step

shkurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin excurtus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexcurtus—
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Proto-Germanic skurtijǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskurtijǭskirt, apron

Words derived from “shkurt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Vulgar Latin excurtus →