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

Derived from *skurtaz (“short”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskur.ti.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*skurtijǭ f[1]

  1. skirt, apron

Inflection

Declension 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
        • 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
    • Old Dutch: *scurta
      • Middle Dutch: schorte
        • Dutch: schort
          • Negerhollands: skorte
          • → Papiamentu: skòrt, schortsje, skortje
  • Old Norse: skyrta

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skurtjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
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