Where does “tekortschieten” come from?
tekortschieten (Dutch) comes from Dutch tekort, 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.
tekortschieten (Dutch): to fall short
Definitions
- to fall short
Ancestry of “tekortschieten”, step by step
tekortschieten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tekort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tekort | shortage, deficit |
| 2 | Dutch | kort | short |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cort | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | kurt | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 6 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
via Dutch schieten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schieten | to shoot, fire; to shoot, to kill; to rush, to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schieten | to shoot, to move quickly in some direction; to... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | skietan | to shoot; to shoot at |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skeutan | to shoot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skeutaną | to shoot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |