skyrta
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)
- shirt
- Þetta er gömul skyrta, þú ættir að kaupa nýja.
- That's an old shirt, you should buy a new one.
Declension edit
declension of skyrta
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skyrta | skyrtan | skyrtur | skyrturnar |
accusative | skyrtu | skyrtuna | skyrtur | skyrturnar |
dative | skyrtu | skyrtunni | skyrtum | skyrtunum |
genitive | skyrtu | skyrtunnar | skyrta/skyrtna | skyrtanna/skyrtnanna |
References edit
- ^ 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)
Declension edit
Declension of skyrta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skyrta | skyrtan | skyrtur | skyrturnar |
accusative | skyrtu | skyrtuna | skyrtur | skyrturnar |
dative | skyrtu | skyrtunni | skyrtum | skyrtunum |
genitive | skyrtu | skyrtunnar | skyrtna | skyrtnanna |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: skyrta
- Faroese: skjúrta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skyrta, skjorte (possibly from Swedish); (dialectal) skjørte, skjurte
- Old Swedish: skiurta, skiorta
- Swedish: skjorta
- Danish: skjorte
- Norwegian Bokmål: skjorte
- → Middle English: skyrte, skyrt, skirt, skirte, skyrtt, skyrthe, scyrt, scyrtte, skyrtte
- → Welsh: sgert
- → Middle Irish: scirta
- Irish: sciorta
References edit
- “skyrta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press