Where does “kort” come from?
kort (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
kort (Middle Low German): short
Ancestry of “kort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | kurt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 3 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “kort”