Where does “kortslutte” come from?

kortslutte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kortslutte (Norwegian Bokmål): to short-circuit, short out

Definitions

  1. to short-circuit, short out

Ancestry of “kortslutte”, step by step

kortslutte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkortshort; brief; briefly
2Low Germankorta card
3Germankartecard flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc
4Middle High Germankarte
5Old FrenchcarteAlternative form of chartre
6Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
7Frenchcartela cartel
8Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
9Italiancartapaper; map; menu
10Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
11Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
12Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Danish slutte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishslutteto end, to finale; to conclude
2Middle Low Germanslūtento close
3Old Saxonslūtanto close, conclude, lock
4Proto-West Germanic*sleutanto bolt, lock
5Proto-Germanicsleutanąto bolt, lock; to shut, close
6Proto-Indo-European(s)klewd-to lock
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kleh₂w-a hook, crook, peg
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Norwegian Bokmål kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkortshort; brief; briefly, shortly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης