Where does “kortlempich” come from?

kortlempich (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch kort, 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.

kortlempich (Plautdietsch): short-legged

Definitions

  1. short-legged

Ancestry of “kortlempich”, step by step

kortlempich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschkortshort
2Middle Low Germankortshort
3Old Saxonkurt—
4Proto-West Germanickurtshort
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Plautdietsch lempich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschlempichbaggy
2Plautdietsch-ich—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kurt →