Where does “kortharig” come from?
kortharig (Dutch) comes from Swedish kört, from Danish kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kortharig (Dutch): shorthaired
Definitions
- shorthaired
Ancestry of “kortharig”, step by step
kortharig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kört
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kört | short |
| 2 | Danish | kort | short; brief; briefly |
| 3 | Low German | kort | a card |
| 4 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 6 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 7 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 8 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 9 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 10 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 11 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Dutch haar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | haar | Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun:... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hâer | her |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hiro | genitive/dative of siu |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |