Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kurt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curtus. Possible doublet of *skurt.

Adjective

*kurt

1. short

   Synonym: *skurt

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*kurt
Genitive	*kortas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kurt	*kurtu	*kurt
Accusative	*kortanā	*kortā	*kurt
Genitive	*kortas	*kurteʀā	*kortas
Dative	*kurtumē	*kurteʀē	*kurtumē
Instrumental	*kurtu	*kurteʀu	*kurtu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kurtē	*kortō	*kurtu
Accusative	*kortā	*kortā	*kurtu
Genitive	*kurteʀō	*kurteʀō	*kurteʀō
Dative	*kurtēm, *kurtum	*kurtēm, *kurtum	*kurtēm, *kurtum
Instrumental	*kurtēm, *kurtum	*kurtēm, *kurtum	*kurtēm, *kurtum

Derived terms

• *kurtijan
• *kurtil
• *kurtī
• *kurtu

Descendants

• Old Frisian: kurt, kort
  • Saterland Frisian: kuut
  • West Frisian: koart
• Old Saxon: *kurt
  • Middle Low German: kort
    • German Low German: kort, kört, kurt
    • → Old Norse: kurtr, kortr
      • Danish: kort
      • Faroese: kortur
      • Icelandic: kortur
      • Norwegian: kort
      • Swedish: kort
• Old Dutch: kurt
  • Middle Dutch: curt, cort
    • Dutch: kort
      • Afrikaans: kort
      • Negerhollands: kort, kot
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: kort
• Old High German: kurz
  • Middle High German: kurz, korz, kurt
    • Central Franconian: kurt, kurz, korz (Moselle Franconian), koot (Kölsch)

      Hunsrik: korz

      Luxembourgish: kuerz

    • German: kurz
    • Yiddish: קורץ (kurts)