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Where does “šircl” come from?

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

šircl (Serbo-Croatian): apron

Definitions

  1. apron

Ancestry of “šircl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchürzeapron
2Middle Low Germanschörte—
3Old Saxonskurtia—
4Proto-West Germanicskurtijā—
5Proto-Germanicskurtijǭskirt, apron
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