Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtijǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Old English: sċyrte
- Middle English: sherte, schürte, schirte
  - Scots: schirt, shurt
  - English: shirt
    - → Fiji Hindi: sat
    - ⇒ English: T-shirt
      - → Dutch: T-shirt
      - → German: T-shirt
      - → Danish: T-shirt
      - → Norwegian Bokmål: T-shirt, T-skjorte (calque), T-trøye (calque)
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: T-skjorte (calque)
      - → Swedish: T-shirt, T-tröja (calque)
Old Frisian: skerte, *skorte; skertel
- Saterland Frisian: Skoarte
- West Frisian: skerte; skerteldoek, skeldoek
Old Saxon: *skurtia
- Middle Low German: schorte, schörte
  - Low German: Schörte
  - → German: Schürze (or backformation from the plural of Schurz < *skurtaz)
  - → Old Danish: [Term?]
    - Danish: skørt
  - → Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: skjørt
  - → Old Swedish: skørt, skyrt
    - Swedish: skört
Old Dutch: *skurta
- Middle Dutch: schorte
  - Dutch: schort
Old Norse: skyrta
- Icelandic: skyrta
- Danish: skjorte
- Norwegian: (maybe via Old Swedish)
  - Norwegian Bokmål: skjorte
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: skjorte
- Old Swedish: skiurta, skiorta
  - Swedish: skjorta
  - → Norwegian: (maybe directly from Old Norse)
    - Norwegian Bokmål: skjorte
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: skjorte
- → Middle English: skyrte, skirte
  - Scots: skyrt, skirt
  - English: skirt
- → Middle Irish: scirta
  - Irish: sciorta

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.