Where does “tekort” come from?

tekort (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.

tekort (Dutch): shortage, deficit

Definitions

  1. shortage, deficit

Ancestry of “tekort”, step by step

tekort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kort

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

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “tekort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →