Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurtijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ.

Noun

*skurtijā f

skirt, apron

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skurtijā
Genitive	*skurtijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skurtijā	*skurtijōn
Accusative	*skurtijōn	*skurtijōn
Genitive	*skurtijōn	*skurtijōnō
Dative	*skurtijōn	skurtijōm, skurtijum
Instrumental	*skurtijōn	skurtijōm, skurtijum

Descendants

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

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