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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)krdh-
Meaning: under-developed
Old Indian: kr̥dhú- `shortened, mutilated, small, deficient'
Old Greek: skürthália = meirákia, éphēboi Hsch., skürthálios = neanískos Hsch., skǘthraks = meîraks Hsch.; lakon. kürsánio-s (Ar.) m. `junger Mensch', kǘrsion = meirákion Hsch. (s < ɵ <th)
Baltic: *skur̃d- vb. intr., *skur̃d-a- c., *skurd-ā̂ f.
Latin: cordus, -a `spät entwickielt, spät reifend; spät geboren'
Russ. meaning: недорослый
References: WP II 573 f
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Proto-Baltic: *skur̃d- vb. intr., *skur̃d-a- c., *skurd-ā̂ f.
Meaning: be hard-up
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: skur̃sti (skur̃sta, skur̃dō) `Mangel leiden, in Armut sein, kümmerlich leben; im Wachstum zurückbleiben, verkümmern', skur̃da-s 'Not, Elend, Jammaer, Entbehrung', dial. skurdà (-ō̃s) 'dass.'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1743
Root: (s)ker-dh-, (s)kor-dh-
English meaning: small, miserable
German meaning: `kümmerlich, klein; verkümmern'
Material: Ai. kr̥dhú- `verkürzt, verstümmelt, klein, mangelhaft' (Komparativ kradhīyaṁs-, Superlativ kradhiṣṭha-), á-skr̥dhōyu- `nicht verkürzt, nicht kärglich'; gr. σκυρθάλιος νεανίσκος Hes., σκύρθαξ μει̃ραξ, ἔφηβος Hes., lakon. (mit σ = θ) κυρσάνιος `junger Mensch', vgl. κυρσίον μειράκιον Hes.; lit. skurstù, skurdaũ, skur̃sti `verkümmern, im Wachstum zurückbleiben', nus-kur̃dęs `im Wachstum verkümmert'.
References: WP. II 590;
See also: zu (s)ker- `schneiden' als `gestutzt'.
Pages: 949
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