Where does “Kürze” come from?

Kürze (German) comes from Old High German kurzī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Kürze (German): brevity; shortness

Definitions

  1. brevity; shortness

Ancestry of “Kürze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankurzīshortness
2Old High German-ī-ness
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →