koorts

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koors(obsolete)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchcoorts,corts,curts. Related toMiddle Low Germankorts(“fever”), possibly abbreviated from a phrase containingkorts(“short”), fromMiddle High Germankurz.

An indirect relationship withkool(“coal”) has been suggested, viaProto-Indo-European*ǵwelH-(“burn, shine”); compareSanskritज्वलति(jválati,“burn brightly, blaze”) andजूर्ति(jūrti,“fever”). But this is quite speculative as all Germanic derivatives of this root have the sense of "coal", and it is formally unlikely.