Where does “kort” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*kurt—
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Germanic *kurt →