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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *skurta-, *skurda-; *skurtiōn; *skurtian- vb.
Meaning: short
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: skorta wk. `fehlen, mangeln', skort n., skort-r m. `Mangel', skürta f. `shirt'
Norwegian: skort; skorta vb.
Swedish: skorta vb.
Danish: skorte vb.
Old English: scort (sceort) `short', scyrte, -an f. `short garment, skirt, kirtle' (h. l., = praetexta)
English: short; shirt
Middle Dutch: scorte; op-scorten `(de kleren) van onderen opbinden, (neus en lippen) optrekken, uitstellen', scorten `minder breed maken, opbinden, belemmeren'
Dutch: schort f., n.; op-schorten vb.
Middle Low German: schörte f., schort m.? `apron', schorten `(de neus) optrekken, uitstellen'
Old High German: scurz (8.Jh.) `kurz', scurt (um 800) `id.'; scherze, scherzel `afgesneden stuk'
Middle High German: schurz 'abgeschnitten. kurz'; schurz st. m. 'kleid, das nur einen teil des untern leibes deckt, also oben und unten abgeschnitten ist, schurz, schürze'; schürzen wk. `kürzen, abkürzen'
German: Schurz m., Schürze f., schürzen
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)k(ʷ)Art-, -d-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: short
Slavic: *kortъkъ, *kortiti
Germanic: *skurt-a- adj., *skurd-a- adj.; *skurt-iōn- f.; *skurt-ia- vb.
Latin: curtus, -a `verkürzt, gestutzt, verstümmelt; mangelhaft, unvollständig'
Russ. meaning: короткий
References: WP II 573 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: коро́ткий,
Near etymology: сравн. степ. коро́че, ко́ро́ток, коротка́, ко́ро́тко, укр. коро́ткий, блр. корото́к, цслав. кратъкъ βραχύς, болг. кра́тък, сербохорв. кра́так, словен. krátǝk, чеш. krátký, слвц. krátky, польск. krótki, в.-луж. krótki, н.-луж. krotki. Другая ступень чередования представлена в черта́, русск.-цслав. чрьтѫ, чрѣсти "резать".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. kartùs "горький", др.-инд. katúṣ "кусающийся", káṭukas -- то же, возм., также лат. curtus "укороченный, изуродованный", ирл. сеrt "маленький"; см. Мейе, Ét. 324 и сл.; Бернекер 1, 577; Траутман ВSW 131; Вальде--Гофм. 1, 316 и сл.; Мейе--Эрну 259. Сомнительна связь с гот. hardus "твердый", греч. κρατύς "сильный" (Клюге-Гётце 233 и сл.; Торп 454).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳurV
Meaning: short
Indo-European: ? *kʷer- (curtus etc.) (+*k(ʷ)orn- 2504)
Altaic: *k`oru ( ~ -e)
Dravidian: *kur_- (*-d_-)
References: ОСНЯ 1, 367, МССНЯ 345; ND 1143 *ḳurV 'short' (+ some dubious Sem. and Berb.).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`oru
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: short; diminish, grow less
Russian meaning: короткий; уменьшаться
Turkic: *Kor(a)-
Mongolian: *koru-
Tungus-Manchu: *xurumü-
Korean: *korh-
Comments: SKE 122, KW 188, ОСНЯ 1, 367, АПиПЯЯ 292, Дыбо 13; further Nostratic parallels see in ОСНЯ 1, 367-368. The Korean reflex is somewhat dubious here, because the root may be the same as korh- < *górà q. v. (possibly a secondary merger). Cf. also Kalm. xor- 'to be afraid, shy', PT *Kor-(u)k- 'to be afraid' (ЭСТЯ 6, 79-80), possibly derived from *k`oru 'grow less, be damaged' - but also possibly a different root.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kor(a)-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to diminish , decrease 2 harm, loss
Russian meaning: 1 уменьшаться, убывать 2 вред, убыток
Old Turkic: qora- 1, qor 2 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qora- 1, qor 2 (MK)
Khakassian: xora- 1
Oyrat: qor 2, qoro- 1
Chuvash: xor 'insult, offence, grief'
Yakut: qor 2, qoron- 1
Tuva: xor 2
Kirghiz: qoro- 1
Balkar: qora- 1
Comments: EDT 641-642, 645-646, ЭСТЯ 6, 73-74, Федотов 2, 369. On a possible Mong. loanword (qowr 'loss, damage') see under *kàbro; modern Siberian nouns may be actually backloans from Mong.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *koru-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to diminish
Russian meaning: уменьшаться, убавлять
Written Mongolian: qoru- (L 968)
Middle Mongolian: qoro-, qoru'a- (SH)
Khalkha: xoro-
Buriat: xoro-
Kalmuck: xor-
Ordos: xoro-
Comments: KW 188.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xurumü-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: short
Russian meaning: короткий
Evenki: urumkūn
Even: urumkun
Negidal: ujumkūn
Ulcha: xurmi
Orok: xurdumi
Nanai: xurm'ị
Oroch: ūmi
Udighe: umasa` (Корм. 302)
Solon: urūŋkũ
Comments: ТМС 2, 287-288.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *korh-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to suffer loss
Russian meaning: потерпеть утрату
Modern Korean: kol- [kolh-]
Comments: KED 160. The root should be probably distinguished from kol(h)- 'to get stale, rot' (although they tend to contaminate).
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *kur_- (*-d_-)
Meaning : small
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *kur_-
Proto-Telugu : *kur_-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kud_-, *gut_-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *kur_-
Meaning : small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : kur_u
Tamil meaning : short, dwarfish, defective
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to become short, contract, shrink; kur_umai shortness, dwarfishness, defectiveness; kur_uku (kur_uki-) to grow short, stumpy, dwarfish, shrink, be reduced, decrease; kur_ukku (kur_ukki-) to shorten, reduce, abbreviate; n. shortness of distance, contraction; kur_ukkam shortness, abbreviation; kur_ukkal reduction, contraction; kur_ukal that which is short; kur_ai (-v-, -nt-) to diminish, dwindle, be reduced, prove insufficient, be defective, droop in affliction, languish from worries, lose courage, suffer defeat; (-pp-, -tt-) to lessen, shorten; n. deficiency, defect, poverty; kur_aiccal deficiency, scarcity, disparagement; kur_aivu lack, deficiency, defect, small quantity, poverty; kur_aẓ (-v-, -nt-) to stoop, bend low; kur_aḷ, kur_il shortness, dwarfishness, smallness; kur_aḷan_ dwarf; fem. kur_aḷi; kur_aḷai dwarfishness, poverty; kur_iyōn_ person of short stature; kur_r_am fault, defect, reproach; kur_r_i stump; kur_r_-uyir state of being half-dead; kun_r_u (kun_r_i-) to decrease, become reduced, droop, languish, become stunted; n. deficiency; kun_r_al diminishing; kuñcam, kuñcan_ a dwarf
Malayalam : kur_u
Malayalam meaning : short, little, brief
Malayalam derivates : kur_utu, kur_iyatu what is short; kur_u nari, kur_ukkan jackal; kur_uka to grow short, be abridged, thicken by boiling; kur_ukku what is short; kur_ukkuka to shorten, diminish, boil down, contract, pull in; kur_uppam shortness; kur_umpu infant; kur_a want, defect, blemish, disgrace; kur_ayuka to dwindle, sink in price, be deficient, short, little; kur_accal want, scarcity; kur_avu deficiency, disgrace; kur_aya, kur_ē little, less, minus; kur_ekka to diminish, lower, disgrace; kur_aḷ shortness; kur_aḷan dwarf; kur_r_am defect, fault, crime; kur_r_i stump, peg
Kannada : kur_u
Kannada meaning : smallness
Kannada derivates : kur_ukuḷi a detractor; kur_ugaṇi state of being diminished, grown short, or worsted; kur_ucu, kur_aci, kūcu, guccu, gujju, gujja smallness, dwarfishness; gujja a dwarf; kur_aḷ shortness, littleness; kor_ate, kor_ante state of being curtailed, deficiency, want, defect, fault; kor_e to grow little or less or short, diminish; n. smallness, shortness, deficiency, defect, remainder; kutta defect, deficiency, fault, trouble, disease; kuttu that is small, etc.; kundu to become small, little, less, become lean, decrease, wane, sink under affliction, faint, cease; n. decrease, deficiency, defect, want, fault, dejection; kundaka defect; kunduvike, kunduha decreasing, etc.; (Hav.) kudka jackal
Kodagu : koru, koravu
Kodagu meaning : defect, deficiency
Kodagu derivates : korate diminishing; kurkë jackal
Tulu : kuru
Tulu meaning : little, small
Tulu derivates : kudike jackal, fox; kora brief, short; korati, koratè defect, want, need; kuccaṭụ shortness, smallness; short, small; kutta sickness; kuddya, kudya shortness; short, small, dwarfish; (B-K) kudke fox; kundu deficiency, defect, fault, want, loss; kunduni to decrease, be reduced, fade, be boiled down; kundāvuni to reduce, boil down, repress; kundelụ deficiency (as in the measurement of grain, etc.); kundri little, small, short; koṭakoṭa deficient, short, little
Proto-Nilgiri : *kur_-
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) kudke fox; kudde dwarf
Number in DED : 1851
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *kur_-
Meaning : short, small
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : kurg- (kurgy-) "to become small, diminished"
Toda : kur_x- (kur_xy-) "to be short"
Additional forms : Also Kota kurk- (kurky-) to make small, diminish; kūr shortness of stature; kūrn short man; fem. kūry; Toda kur_k- (kur_ky-) to shorten (tr.); kur_-es_ Eugenia calophyllifolia (i. e. short-leaf)
Number in DED : 1851
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *kur_-
Meaning : short, dwarfish, small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : kur_uca
Dialectal forms (1) : kur_u-
Additional forms : Also [1] kur_r_a, [2] kur_r_ãḍu, [3] kur_r_avā̃ḍu child, boy; kuṭṭ-usur_u slight remaining breath at the point of death; kuradā deficiency; kor_a defect, want; kor_ãta deficiency, want, incompleteness; [1] koda, [2] kodava deficiency, defect, want; kundakamu defect, want, loss, damage; kundu to sink, decrease, become short (lifespan), be dejected, grieve; n. grief, repentance; gujju a dwarf; (K., B) kruyyu to grow lean, diminish, droop, shrink
Number in DED : 1851
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kud_-, *gut_-
Meaning : short
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *kur-ā (*-R-)
Konda : kur_i
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *gus-p-
Notes : "Metathese of voice" in PPM and also in Konda guRi (BB) is probably due to contamination with *guṭ- 'short'.
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *kur-ā (*-R-)
Meaning : short of stature
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : kurrā
Number in DED : 1851
Number in CVOTGD : 787
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : kur_i
Meaning: short, shortness
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Konda (Burrow/Bhattacharya) : guRi "short, small, little"
Additional forms : Also Konda kur_ikan short man; kor_o naka jackal (small in size, opposed to peri naka)
Number in DED : 1851
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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *gus-p-
Meaning : short
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Pengo : guhu, guhuṭi, guspa, guspaṭi
Number in DED : 1851
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