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

Declension of scyrte (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċyrte	sċyrtan
accusative	sċyrtan	sċyrtan
genitive	sċyrtan	sċyrtena
dative	sċyrtan	sċyrtum

Related terms

• sċort
• sċyrtan

Descendants

• Middle English: sherte, schuyrte, schert, shert, schurte, shurte, sserte, schirte, schyrt, scherte, shearte, shyrte, shirt; scurte (early southern west mid)
  • English: shirt (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: schirt, shurt
  • Yola: shoorth, skoorth