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Where does “kortelings” come from?

kortelings (Dutch) comes from Dutch kort, 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.

kortelings (Dutch): recent; forthcoming, shortly; recently

Definitions

  1. recent; forthcoming, shortly; recently

Ancestry of “kortelings”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkortshort
2Middle Dutchcort—
3Old Dutchkurt—
4Proto-West Germanickurtshort
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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