Where does “Скортейков” come from?

Скортейков (Bulgarian) comes from Romanian scurteică, from Romanian scurta, from Romanian scurt, from Vulgar Latin excurtus, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “Скортейков”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscurteicăknee-long coat
2Romanianscurtato shorten, abridge, abbreviate
3Romanianscurtshort; brief
4Vulgar Latinexcurtus—
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-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 Vulgar Latin excurtus →