Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurtijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ.

Noun

*skurtijā f

1. skirt, apron

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skurtijā
Genitive	*skurtijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skurtijā	*skurtijōn
Accusative	*skurtijōn	*skurtijōn
Genitive	*skurtijōn	*skurtijōnō
Dative	*skurtijōn	*skurtijōm, *skurtijum
Instrumental	*skurtijōn	*skurtijōm, *skurtijum

Descendants

• Old English: sċyrte
  • Middle English: sherte, schuyrte, schert, shert, schurte, shurte, sserte, schirte, schyrt, scherte, shearte, shyrte, shirt; scurte
    • 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
  • Middle Low German: schorte, schörte
    • Low German: Schörte
    • → German: Schürze (or backformation from the plural of Schurz)
    • → Old Danish:
      • Danish: skørt
        • Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjørt
    • → Old Swedish: skørt, skyrt
      • Swedish: skört
• Old Dutch: *skurta
  • Middle Dutch: schorte
    • Dutch: schort
      • Negerhollands: skorte
      • → Papiamentu: skòrt, schortsje, skortje