Where does “cort” come from?

cort (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “cort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkurt
2Proto-West Germanickurtshort
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “cort

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-