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

Related to *skurtaz (“short”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskur.ti.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*skurtijǭ f

1. skirt, apron

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension 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, 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
• Old Norse: skyrta
  • Icelandic: skyrta
  • Faroese: skjúrta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skyrta, skjorte (possibly from Swedish); (dialectal) skjørte, skjurte
  • Old Swedish: skiurta, skiorta
    • Swedish: skjorta
  • Danish: skjorte
    • Norwegian Bokmål: skjorte
  • → Middle English: skyrte, skyrt, skirt, skirte, skyrtt, skyrthe, scyrt, scyrtte, skyrtte
    • English: skirt (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: skirt
    • → Welsh: sgert
  • → Middle Irish: scirta
    • Irish: sciorta