Where does “skjorte” come from?

skjorte (Danish) comes from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic skurtijǭ — skirt, apron.

skjorte (Danish): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “skjorte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskyrtashirt
2Proto-Germanicskurtijǭskirt, apron

Words derived from “skjorte”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skurtijǭ →Every word from Old Norse skyrta →
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