Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

According to Vladimir Orel from *skurti. Cognate to Old Norse skyrta, Middle Low German schorte (shirt). From the same source like Albanian shkurt (short) and shkurte (shirt); which was probably borrowed from a Germanic language, although unlikely.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

skyrta f (genitive singular skyrtu, nominative plural skyrtur)

  1. shirt
    Farðu í skyrtuna þína.
    Put your shirt on.
    Þetta er gömul skyrta, þú ættir að kaupa nýja.
    That's an old shirt, you should buy a new one.
    Ég á hvorki skyrtubindi, þannig að ég mætti bara í bol.
    I don't have a shirt or a tie, so I showed up just wearing a T-shirt.

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “skyrta”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 425

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ.

Noun edit

skyrta f (genitive skyrtu)

  1. shirt

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • skyrta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press