Where does “Kurz” come from?

Kurz (Polish) comes from German kurz, from Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Kurz (Polish): dust

Definitions

  1. dust

Ancestry of “Kurz”, step by step

Kurz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kurz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankurzshort, brief; concise; briefly, in short
2Middle High Germankurz—
3Old High Germankurzshort
4Proto-West Germanickurtshort
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Polish kurzyć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkurzyćto raise dust; to smoke
2Proto-Slavickuritito smoke

Words derived from “Kurz”

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