Where does “sċort” come from?

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

sċort (Old English): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “sċort”, 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 “sċort”

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