Where does “kurzarbeiten” come from?
kurzarbeiten (German) comes 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.
kurzarbeiten (German): to work short-time
Definitions
- to work short-time
Ancestry of “kurzarbeiten”, step by step
kurzarbeiten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kurz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kurz | short, brief; concise; briefly, in short |
| 2 | Middle High German | kurz | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kurz | short |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 5 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
via German arbeiten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | arbeiten | to work; to work, function, run, operate; to... |
| 2 | Old High German | arbeiten | to toil, work hard |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidijaną | to work |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |