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Where does “kurt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kurt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kurt”

  • courtepy
  • kortschrift
  • kortelings
  • kortstondig
  • tekort
  • kortbij
  • vraagtekort
  • kort
  • begrotingstekort
  • kortsluiten
  • kortsluiting
  • kortademig
  • kortharig
  • cort
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