Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs. · A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist. · A loose edging to any part of a dress. · A petticoat.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt From Middle English scyrt, skirt, skyrte, skyrthe, skyrtte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“apron; skirt”), from *skurtaz (“short; deficient”), from *skertaną (“to cut off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”). Doublet of shirt. 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”).
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- Root classification mention*(s)ker-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionscyrtenm
- Derivation mentionskyrtanon
- Derivation mention*skurtijǭgem-pro · apron; skirt
- Derivation mention*(s)ker-ine-pro · to cut off; to divide
- Doublet mentionshirten
- 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
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"A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.",
"A loose edging to any part of a dress.",
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