Where does “Scurtești” come from?

Scurtești (Romanian) comes from Romanian scurt, from Vulgar Latin excurtus, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “Scurtești”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	scurt	short; brief
2	Vulgar Latin	excurtus	—
3	Latin	curtus	shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4	Proto-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 Vulgar Latin excurtus →