Where does “scurteică” come from?

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

scurteică (Romanian): knee-long coat

Definitions

  1. knee-long coat

Ancestry of “scurteică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscurtato shorten, abridge, abbreviate
2Romanianscurtshort; brief
3Vulgar Latinexcurtus—
4Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “scurteică”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Vulgar Latin excurtus →