Where does “skjorte” come from?

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

skjorte (Norwegian Bokmål): a shirt

Definitions

  1. a 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 →