Where does “kortsluiting” come from?

kortsluiting (Dutch) comes from Dutch kortsluiten, 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.

kortsluiting (Dutch): short circuit; the act of communicating directly