Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtijǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Related to *skurtaz (“short”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskur.ti.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*skurtijǭ f

skirt, apron

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *skurtijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skurtijǭ	*skurtijōniz
vocative	*skurtijǭ	*skurtijōniz
accusative	*skurtijōnų	*skurtijōnunz
genitive	*skurtijōniz	*skurtijōnǫ̂
dative	*skurtijōni	*skurtijōmaz
instrumental	*skurtijōnē	*skurtijōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skurtijā
- Old English: sċyrte
  - Middle English: sherte, schuyrte, schert, shert, schurte, shurte, sserte, schirte, schyrt, scherte, shearte, shyrte, shirt; scurte
    - English: shirt (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: schirt, shurt
    - Yola: shoorth, skoorth
- Old Frisian: *skerte, *skorte; *skertel
  - North Frisian: Sjürt (Sylt)
  - West Frisian: skerte
  - Saterland Frisian: Schoarte
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: skerteldōk
    - West Frisian: skerteldoek, skeldoek
- Old Saxon: *skurtia
  - Middle Low German: schorte, schörte
    - Low German: Schörte
    - → German: Schürze (or backformation from the plural of Schurz)
    - → Old Danish:
      - Danish: skørt
        Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjørt
    - → Old Swedish: skørt, skyrt
      - Swedish: skört
- Old Dutch: *skurta
  - Middle Dutch: schorte
    - Dutch: schort
      - Negerhollands: skorte
      - → Papiamentu: skòrt, schortsje, skortje
Old Norse: skyrta
- Icelandic: skyrta
- Faroese: skjúrta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skyrta, skjorte (possibly from Swedish); (dialectal) skjørte, skjurte
- Old Swedish: skiurta, skiorta
  - Swedish: skjorta
- Danish: skjorte
  - Norwegian Bokmål: skjorte
- → Middle English: skyrte, skyrt, skirt, skirte, skyrtt, skyrthe, scyrt, scyrtte, skyrtte
  - English: skirt (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: skirt
  - → Welsh: sgert
- → Middle Irish: scirta
  - Irish: sciorta

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