scyrte

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā (“a short garment; apron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃyr.te/, [ˈʃyrˠ.te]

Noun

sċyrte f (nominative plural sċyrtan)

  1. a short garment; skirt; kirtle

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċyrte sċyrtan
accusative sċyrtan sċyrtan
genitive sċyrtan sċyrtena
dative sċyrtan sċyrtum

Descendants

  • Middle English: sherte
    • English: shirt (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: schirt, shurt
    • Yola: shoorth, skoorth
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