*skurtaz

Runic: ᛊᚲᚢᚱᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskur.tɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

short
lacking, deficient

Etymology

Deverbal from *skertaną (‘to cut (off), shorten’) or the iterative *skurttōną (compare *skurtōną, possibly continuing it), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (‘to cut up’), assuming the Germanic *-t- was originally *-tt- as in the iterative (from *(s)kr̥dʰ-n-éh₂-). Compare also Latin curtus (‘shortened, incomplete’), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (‘short’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	skurtaz	skurtō	skurtą, -atō	skurtai	skurtôz	skurtō
Acc.	skurtanǭ	skurtǭ	skurtą, -atō	skurtanz	skurtōz	skurtō
Gen.	skurtas, -is	skurtaizōz	skurtas, -is	skurtaizǫ̂	skurtaizǫ̂	skurtaizǫ̂
Dat.	skurtammai	skurtaizōi	skurtammai	skurtaimaz	skurtaimaz	skurtaimaz
Inst.	skurtanō	skurtaizō	skurtanō	skurtaimiz	skurtaimiz	skurtaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	skurtô	skurtǭ	skurtô	skurtaniz	skurtōniz	skurtōnō
Acc.	skurtanų	skurtōnų	skurtô	skurtanunz	skurtōnunz	skurtōnō
Gen.	skurtiniz	skurtōniz	skurtiniz	skurtanǫ̂	skurtōnǫ̂	skurtanǫ̂
Dat.	skurtini	skurtōni	skurtini	skurtammaz	skurtōmaz	skurtammaz
Inst.	skurtinē	skurtōnē	skurtinē	skurtammiz	skurtōmiz	skurtammiz

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Descendants

*skurt (Proto-West Germanic)
- *skort (Old Frisian)
*skurt (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċort, sċeort (Old English)
  - schort (Middle English)
    - schort, short (Scots)
*skurt (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċort, sċeort (Old English)
  - schort (Middle English)
    - short (English)
      - short (French)
        
        soóc (Vietnamese)
*skurt (Proto-West Germanic)
- scurt, scurz (Old High German)
  - schurz (Middle High German)
    - Schurz (German)
skortr (Old Norse)
- skort (Danish)
- skortur (Faroese)
- skortur (Icelandic)
- skort (Norwegian Bokmål)
- skort (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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