Where does “kurt” come from?

kurt (Old Saxon) 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

kurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic kurt

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

via Proto-Germanic kurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickurt—

Words derived from “kurt”

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