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
- short message service
Ancestry of “Kurznachrichtendienst”, step by step
Kurznachrichtendienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kurznachricht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kurznachricht | short message |
| 2 | German | kurz | short, brief; concise; briefly, in short |
| 3 | Middle High German | kurz | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kurz | short |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 6 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
via German dienst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dienst | second-person singular present of dienen |
| 2 | Middle High German | dienst | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dionest | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |