Where does “kurtán” come from?
kurtán (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kurta, from Latin curta, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
kurtán (Hungarian): curtly
Ancestry of “kurtán”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | kurta | short, brief, curt |
| 2 | Latin | curta | nominative/vocative feminine singular of curtus;... |
| 3 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |