Where does “Kurzstreckenflug” come from?
Kurzstreckenflug (German) comes from German Kurzstrecke, 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.
Kurzstreckenflug (German): short-haul flight
Definitions
- short-haul flight
Ancestry of “Kurzstreckenflug”, step by step
Kurzstreckenflug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kurzstrecke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kurzstrecke | short distance |
| 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 |