Where does “kuerz” come from?

kuerz (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

kuerz (Luxembourgish): short; short, brief; concise, succinct

Definitions

  1. short; short, brief; concise, succinct

Ancestry of “kuerz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankurzshort
2Proto-West Germanickurtshort
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kurt →
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