Where does “sċeort” come from?

sċeort (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic skurt, from Proto-Germanic skurtaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “sċeort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskurtshort; lacking, deficient
2Proto-Germanicskurtazshort; lacking, deficient
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “sċeort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skurtaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skurt →