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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd-, *(s)kert- (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (“short”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskur.tɑz/

Adjective

*skurtaz

  1. short
  2. lacking, deficient

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skurt
    • Old English: sċort, sċeort
    • Old Frisian: *skort
    • Old High German: scurt, scurz
      • Middle High German: schurz
        • ⇒ German: Schurz (nominalized)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: skortr (nominalized)
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