serk

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English serc, from Proto-West Germanic *sarki.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

serk (plural serkes)

  1. A shirt used as an undergarment (e.g. an undershirt or chemise)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: sark
  • Scots: sark, serk

References[edit]


Old Frisian[edit]

Ēn serk.

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos).[1] Compare modern Dutch zerk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

serk m

  1. gravestone

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

serk

  1. accusative/dative singular indefinite of serkr