Where does “kurz” come from?

kurz (Polish) comes from Polish kurzyć, from Proto-Slavic kuriti — to smoke.

kurz (Polish): dust; second-person singular imperative of kurzyć

Definitions

  1. dust; second-person singular imperative of kurzyć

Ancestry of “kurz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kurz”

Every word from Proto-Slavic kuriti →Every word from Polish kurzyć →