Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). · A thread or yarn made from silk fibers. · A fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread. · A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
Etymology tree Old Chinese 絲 (*sə)der.? Ancient Greek σήρ (sḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)bor. Late Latin sēricusbor. Proto-West Germanic *seluk Old English seolc Old Norse silkiinflu.? Middle English silk English silk From Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc, from Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc (“silk”). The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki (> Danish silke, Swedish silke (“silk”)), Russian шёлк (šolk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkai̇̃), all ultimately from Late Latin sēricus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲 /丝 (sī, “silk”)). Displaced Old English sīde (“silk”). Compare Seres. Doublet of seric and serge.
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