Where does “kort” come from?

kort (Danish) comes from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kort (Danish): short; brief; briefly

Definitions

  1. short; brief; briefly

Ancestry of “kort”, step by step

kort traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Low German kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germankorta card
2Germankartecard flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc
3Middle High Germankarte
4Old FrenchcarteAlternative form of chartre
5Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
6Frenchcartela cartel
7Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
8Italiancartapaper; map; menu
9Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
10Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
11Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Middle Low German kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankortshort
2Old Saxonkurt
3Proto-West Germanickurtshort
4Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Old Norse kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekorta map

Words derived from “kort

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης