Where does “kort” come from?
kort (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
kort (Dutch): short
Ancestry of “kort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | cort | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | kurt | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 4 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “kort”