Where does “kurz” come from?

kurz (Middle High German) 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.

Ancestry of “kurz”, 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

Words derived from “kurz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kurt →