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

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
  - Low German: kort
  - → Old Norse: kurtr, kortr
    - Danish: kort
    - Faroese: kortur
    - Icelandic: kortur
    - Norwegian: kort
    - Swedish: kort
Old Dutch: curt
- 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)