The story
- Latin · derived fromcurtus“short, shortened”
- Old Norse · derived from*kurtil-
- Old English · inherited fromcyrtel
- Middle English · inherited fromkirtel
- English todaykirtle
From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel.
Words from the same roots
Latincurtus all →
curtcurtailcurtana
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.