Where does “Kurzawa” come from?

Kurzawa (Polish) comes from Polish Kurz, 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.

Kurzawa (Polish): clouds of airborne dust or snow

Definitions

  1. clouds of airborne dust or snow

Ancestry of “Kurzawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishKurzdust
2Germankurzshort, brief; concise; briefly, in short
3Middle High Germankurz—
4Old High Germankurzshort
5Proto-West Germanickurtshort
6Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
7Proto-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 Proto-West Germanic kurt →