serk

Middle English

Alternative forms

• serke, sark, cerke, suric, sarke, sirke, scherk, syrke, serc

Etymology

Old English serc, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrk/, /sark/

Noun

serk (plural serkes)

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

Descendants

• English: sark
• Scots: sark, serk

References

• “serk(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

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Old Norse

Noun

serk

1. accusative/dative singular indefinite of serkr