Where does “kurt” come from?

kurt (Central Franconian) comes from Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

kurt (Central Franconian): short; not long

Definitions

  1. short; not long

Ancestry of “kurt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankurz—
2Old High Germankurzshort
3Proto-West Germanickurtshort
4Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
5Proto-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 Proto-West Germanic kurt →