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

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “kort”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kort”

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