Where does “kortr” come from?

kortr (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “kortr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankortshort
2Old Saxonkurt—
3Proto-West Germanickurtshort
4Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “kortr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kurt →