Where does “cortar” come from?

cortar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cortar, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

cortar (Galician): to cut

Definitions

to cut

Ancestry of “cortar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	cortar	—
2	Latin	curto	I shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3	Latin	curtus	shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4	Proto-Indo-European	(s)ḱer-	dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “cortar”

corte
-dor
cortadoría
cortalumes

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