Where does “Kurznachrichtendienst” come from?

Kurznachrichtendienst (German) comes from German Kurznachricht, from German kurz, from Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Kurznachrichtendienst (German): short message service

Definitions

  1. short message service

Ancestry of “Kurznachrichtendienst”, step by step

Kurznachrichtendienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kurznachricht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKurznachrichtshort message
2Germankurzshort, brief; concise; briefly, in short
3Middle High Germankurz
4Old High Germankurzshort
5Proto-West Germanickurtshort
6Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via German dienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandienstsecond-person singular present of dienen
2Middle High Germandienst
3Old High Germandionest
4Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-Every word from Latin curtusEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kurt