shkurt

Albanian

Etymology

Definitive origin unknown. Possibly from a substrate.

Probably from dialectal version of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz, hence also shkurte. Or from Vulgar Latin *excurtus (cf. Italian scurto, Romanian scurt), derivative of Latin curtus.[1]

Adverb

shkurt

  1. in short, in brief, in sum
  2. abruptly

Derived terms

Noun

shkurt m

  1. short male
  2. February

Synonyms

References
  1. Guillaume Bonnet. Les mots latins de l’albanais. Paris–Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998, pp. 85, 119, 293, 345n1.
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