köken: PIE word *ḱóm From Old French contraction, borrowed from Latin contractiōnem, the accusative singular of contractiō (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”), from contrahō (“to draw things together, assemble, collect, gather; to enter into a contract”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); contrahō is derived from con-…
chord, harmony; a combination of any three or more pitches · piece work · agreement between a debtor and a creditor to reduce the amount of money asked for
köken: Inherited from Old Polish karzeł, from Middle High German karl, karle, from Old High German karl, karal, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, diminutive of *karaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-.
In this form attested since the 17th century. Possibly an alteration of obsolete schrimpfen, from Middle High German schrimpfen, from Old High German *skrimpfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan. The form would have originated in the strong past participle geschrumpfen and through intermediation of the rounded variant schrümpfen (16th c.). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *skrumpōn, a…