Where does “Kurzstreckenläuferin” come from?
Kurzstreckenläuferin (German) comes from German Kurzstreckenläufer, from German Kurzstreckenlauf, from German Kurzstrecke, from German kurz, from Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
Ancestry of “Kurzstreckenläuferin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kurzstreckenläufer | short-distance runner, sprinter |
| 2 | German | Kurzstreckenlauf | sprint |
| 3 | German | Kurzstrecke | short distance |
| 4 | German | kurz | short, brief; concise; briefly, in short |
| 5 | Middle High German | kurz | — |
| 6 | Old High German | kurz | short |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 8 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |