Where does “abkürzen” come from?
abkürzen (German) comes from German kürzen, 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.
abkürzen (German): to abbreviate
Ancestry of “abkürzen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | kürzen | to shorten; to abbreviate; to abridge |
| 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 |
Words derived from “abkürzen”