Where does “verkorten” come from?

verkorten (Dutch) comes from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

verkorten (Dutch): to shorten; to abridge, abbreviate

Definitions

  1. to shorten; to abridge, abbreviate

Ancestry of “verkorten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver-to do or to become what the stem refers to; used...
2Middle Dutcher-—
3Old Dutchur-—
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “verkorten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →