Where does “Schürze” come from?

Schürze (German) comes from Middle Low German schörte, from Old Saxon skurtia, from Proto-West Germanic skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic skurtijǭ — skirt, apron.

Schürze (German): apron

Definitions

  1. apron

Ancestry of “Schürze”, step by step

Schürze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German schörte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschörte—
2Old Saxonskurtiaapron
3Proto-West Germanicskurtijāskirt, apron
4Proto-Germanicskurtijǭskirt, apron

via Middle High German schurz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschurz—

Words derived from “Schürze”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skurtijǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skurtijā →Every word from Old Saxon skurtia →