Old English · noun
scyrte
Normalised sċyrte
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈʃyr.te/[ˈʃyrˠ.te]
- Syllables
- ˈʃyr · te (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- kirtleskirtshirtshort
Meaning
-
a short garment; skirt; kirtle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā (“a short garment; apron”).
Descendants
shirt
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