Where does “scurtâ” come from?

scurtâ (Friulian) comes from Vulgar Latin excurto, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

scurtâ (Friulian): to shorten

Definitions

  1. to shorten

Ancestry of “scurtâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexcurto—
2LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin curto →