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English word origin

Etymology of shirt

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā Old English sċyrte Middle English schirte English shirt From Middle

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Source etymology 1

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noun

An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms. · An interior lining in a blast furnace. · A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā Old English sċyrte Middle English schirte English shirt From Middle English schirt, schirte, schuirte, schyrtte, seorte, shearte, shert, shirt, sseorte, from Old English sċyrte (“a short garment; skirt; kirtle”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“a short garment, skirt, apron”), from *skurtaz (“short”), from *skertaną (“to cut off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”). Doublet of skirt. Cognates Cognate with Yola shoorth, skoorth (“shirt”), North Frisian Sjürt (“shirt”), Saterland Frisian Schoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skjorte (“shirt”), Faroese skjúrta (“shirt”), Icelandic skyrta (“shirt”), Swedish skjorta (“shirt”), Irish sciorta (“skirt; strip”), Welsh sgert (“skirt”); also Irish curach, currach (“coracle, currach”), Welsh corwg (“coracle”), Latin carō (“flesh; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stone”), Umbrian 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖 (karu, “part”), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to shave; to waste; to consume; to cut short”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear; to scratch”), Latvian šķērst (“cut dead animal or human so as to expose internal organs”), Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to slaughter; to massacre; to cut”), Belarusian кара́ (kará, “bark; crust”), Bulgarian, Carpathian Rusyn, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian кора́ (korá, “bark”), Czech kůra (“bark( crust; cortex; rind”), Kashubian kóra (“bark; crust”), Lower Sorbian škóra (“bark; crust”), Polish kora (“bark; crust; cortex”), Serbo-Croatian ко̏ра, kȍra (“bark; crust”), Slovak kôra (“bark; crust”), Upper Sorbian skora (“bark; crust”), Armenian քերել (kʻerel, “to scrape, scrub”), Central Kurdish چەرم (çerm, “skin”), Northern Kurdish çerm (“skin”), Ossetian царм (carm, “skin”), Persian چرم (čarm, “leather”), Hittite 𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣 (kariezzi, “to cover”), Kamkata-viri čom, čum (“skin; hide”), Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman, “skin; pelt”). Doublet of skirt via Old Norse; further related to short.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionschirtenm
  • Inherited-form mentionsċyrteang · a short garment; skirt; kirtle
  • Inherited-form mention*skurtijāgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*skurtijǭgem-pro · a short garment, skirt, apron
  • Inherited-form mention*(s)ker-ine-pro · to cut off; to divide
  • Doublet mentionskirten
  • Cognate mentionshoorthyol
  • Cognate mentionSjürtfrr · shirt
  • Cognate mentionSchoartestq · apron
  • Cognate mentionschortnl · apron
  • Cognate mentionSchürzede · apron
  • Cognate mentionskjúrtafo · shirt
  • Cognate mentionskyrtais · shirt
  • Cognate mentionskjortasv · shirt
  • Cognate mentionsciortaga · skirt; strip
  • Cognate mentionsgertcy · skirt
  • Cognate mentioncurachga
  • Cognate mentioncorwgcy · coracle
  • Cognate mentioncarōla · flesh; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stone
  • Cognate mention𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖xum · part
  • Cognate mentionκείρωgrc · to shave; to waste; to consume; to cut short
  • Cognate mentionshqerrsq · to tear; to scratch
  • Cognate mentionšķērstlv · cut dead animal or human so as to expose internal organs
  • Cognate mentionsker̃stilt · to slaughter; to massacre; to cut
  • Cognate mentionкара́be · bark; crust
  • Cognate mentionkůracs · bark( crust; cortex; rind
  • Cognate mentionkóracsb · bark; crust
  • Cognate mentionškóradsb · bark; crust
  • Cognate mentionkorapl · bark; crust; cortex
  • Cognate mentionко̏раsh
  • Cognate mentionkôrask · bark; crust
  • Cognate mentionskorahsb · bark; crust
  • Cognate mentionքերելhy · to scrape, scrub
  • Cognate mentionچەرمckb · skin
  • Cognate mentionçermkmr · skin
  • Cognate mentionцармos · skin
  • Cognate mentionچرمfa · leather
  • Cognate mention𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣hit · to cover
  • Cognate mentiončombsh
  • Cognate mentionचर्मन्sa · skin; pelt
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      },
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      "name": "inh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English schirt"
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    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ker-",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "doublet",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "skirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of skirt"
    },
    {
      "name": "col-top",
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
        "2": "shoorth"
      },
      "expansion": "Yola shoorth"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "Sjürt",
        "t": "shirt"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian Sjürt (“shirt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Schoarte",
        "t": "apron"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Schoarte (“apron”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schort",
        "t": "apron"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schort (“apron”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schürze",
        "t": "apron"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schürze (“apron”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "da,nb,nn",
        "2": "skjorte",
        "t": "shirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skjorte (“shirt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "skjúrta",
        "t": "shirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese skjúrta (“shirt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "skyrta",
        "t": "shirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic skyrta (“shirt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skjorta",
        "t": "shirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skjorta (“shirt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sciorta",
        "t": "skirt; strip"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish sciorta (“skirt; strip”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "sgert",
        "t": "skirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh sgert (“skirt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "curach"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish curach"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "corwg",
        "t": "coracle"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh corwg (“coracle”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "carō",
        "t": "flesh; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin carō (“flesh; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stone”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "2": "𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖",
        "t": "part"
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖 (karu, “part”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κείρω",
        "t": "to shave; to waste; to consume; to cut short"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to shave; to waste; to consume; to cut short”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "shqerr",
        "t": "to tear; to scratch"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian shqerr (“to tear; to scratch”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "šķērst",
        "t": "cut dead animal or human so as to expose internal organs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian šķērst (“cut dead animal or human so as to expose internal organs”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "sker̃sti",
        "t": "to slaughter; to massacre; to cut"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to slaughter; to massacre; to cut”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "кара́",
        "t": "bark; crust"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian кара́ (kará, “bark; crust”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bg,rue,mk,ru,uk",
        "2": "кора́",
        "t": "bark"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian, Carpathian Rusyn, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian кора́ (korá, “bark”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "kůra",
        "t": "bark( crust; cortex; rind"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech kůra (“bark( crust; cortex; rind”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "csb",
        "2": "kóra",
        "t": "bark; crust"
      },
      "expansion": "Kashubian kóra (“bark; crust”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "dsb",
        "2": "škóra",
        "t": "bark; crust"
      },
      "expansion": "Lower Sorbian škóra (“bark; crust”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "kora",
        "t": "bark; crust; cortex"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish kora (“bark; crust; cortex”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ко̏ра"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ко̏ра"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sk",
        "2": "kôra",
        "t": "bark; crust"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovak kôra (“bark; crust”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hsb",
        "2": "skora",
        "t": "bark; crust"
      },
      "expansion": "Upper Sorbian skora (“bark; crust”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "քերել",
        "t": "to scrape, scrub"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian քերել (kʻerel, “to scrape, scrub”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "چەرم",
        "t": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish چەرم (çerm, “skin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "çerm",
        "t": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish çerm (“skin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "царм",
        "t": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian царм (carm, “skin”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "چرم",
        "tr": "čarm",
        "t": "leather"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian چرم (čarm, “leather”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣",
        "tr": "kariezzi",
        "t": "to cover"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣 (kariezzi, “to cover”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bsh",
        "2": "čom"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamkata-viri čom"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "चर्मन्",
        "t": "skin; pelt"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman, “skin; pelt”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "dbt",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "skirt"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of skirt"
    },
    {
      "name": "ety",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:schirte",
        "id": "noun",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?\nProto-Germanic *skertaną\nProto-Germanic *skurtaz\nProto-Germanic *skurtijǭ\nProto-West Germanic *skurtijā\nOld English sċyrte\nMiddle English schirte\nEnglish shirt"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "*(s)ker-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ker-#Proto-Indo-European:_cut"
    ],
    [
      "*skertaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną#Proto-Germanic:_cut"
    ],
    [
      "*skurtaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz"
    ],
    [
      "*skurtijǭ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtijǭ"
    ],
    [
      "*skurtijā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurtijā"
    ],
    [
      "sċyrte",
      "scyrte#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "schirte",
      "schirte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "schirt",
      "schirt#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "schirte",
      "schirte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "schuirte",
      "schuirte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "schyrtte",
      "schyrtte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "seorte",
      "seorte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "shearte",
      "shearte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "shert",
      "shert#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "shirt",
      "shirt#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "sseorte",
      "sseorte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "sċyrte",
      "scyrte#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*skurtijā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurtijā"
    ],
    [
      "*skurtijǭ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtijǭ"
    ],
    [
      "*skurtaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz"
    ],
    [
      "*skertaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)ker-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ker-"
    ],
    [
      "skirt",
      "skirt#English"
    ],
    [
      "shoorth",
      "shoorth#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "skoorth",
      "skoorth#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "Sjürt",
      "Sjürt#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "Schoarte",
      "Schoarte#Saterland_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "schort",
      "schort#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "Schürze",
      "Schürze#German"
    ],
    [
      "Danish",
      "skjorte#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "skjorte#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "skjorte",
      "skjorte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "skjúrta",
      "skjúrta#Faroese"
    ],
    [
      "skyrta",
      "skyrta#Icelandic"
    ],
    [
      "skjorta",
      "skjorta#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "sciorta",
      "sciorta#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "sgert",
      "sgert#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "curach",
      "curach#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "currach",
      "currach#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "corwg",
      "corwg#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "carō",
      "caro#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖",
      "𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖#Umbrian"
    ],
    [
      "κείρω",
      "κείρω#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "shqerr",
      "shqerr#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "šķērst",
      "šķērst#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "sker̃sti",
      "skersti#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "кара́",
      "кара#Belarusian"
    ],
    [
      "Bulgarian",
      "кора#Bulgarian"
    ],
    [
      "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "кора#Carpathian_Rusyn"
    ],
    [
      "Macedonian",
      "кора#Macedonian"
    ],
    [
      "Russian",
      "кора#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "кора́",
      "кора#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "kůra",
      "kůra#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "kóra",
      "kóra#Kashubian"
    ],
    [
      "škóra",
      "škóra#Lower_Sorbian"
    ],
    [
      "kora",
      "kora#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "ко̏ра",
      "кора#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "kȍra",
      "kora#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "kôra",
      "kôra#Slovak"
    ],
    [
      "skora",
      "skora#Upper_Sorbian"
    ],
    [
      "քերել",
      "քերել#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "چەرم",
      "چەرم#Central_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "çerm",
      "çerm#Northern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "царм",
      "царм#Ossetian"
    ],
    [
      "چرم",
      "چرم#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣",
      "𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣#Hittite"
    ],
    [
      "čom",
      "čom#Kamkata-viri"
    ],
    [
      "čum",
      "čum#Kamkata-viri"
    ],
    [
      "चर्मन्",
      "चर्मन्#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "skirt",
      "skirt#English"
    ],
    [
      "short",
      "short#English"
    ]
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English schirten, from the noun (see above).

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