Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sarki

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 *sarkiz.

Noun

*sarki m

1. sark, shirt

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sarki
Genitive	*sarkī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sarki	*sarkī
Accusative	*sarki	*sarkī
Genitive	*sarkī	*sarkijō
Dative	*sarkī	*sarkim, *sarkijum
Instrumental	*sarkī	*sarkim, *sarkijum

Descendants

• Old English: sierċe, serċ, syrċ, syriċ, serċe, syrċe, sirċe
  • Middle English: serk, serke, sark (through the Anglian variant)
    • Scots: serk, sark
    • English: sark
• Old Frisian: *serk
  • North Frisian: serk, särk