Where does “corten” come from?

corten (Asturian) comes from Asturian cortar, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

corten (Asturian): third-person plural present indicative of cortar;...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present indicative of cortar;...

Ancestry of “corten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiancortarto cut
2LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin curto →