sherte

Middle English

Alternative forms

schuyrte, schert, shert, schurte, shurte, sserte, schirte, schyrt, scherte, shearte, shyrte, shirt

Etymology

Old English sċyrte, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of skyrte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛrt(ə)/, /ˈʃirt(ə)/, /ˈʃurt(ə)/

Noun

sherte (plural shertes)

A shirt (garment for the top of the body)
(rare) A skirting; a hem (the border of a item of clothing)

Derived terms

sherten

Descendants

English: shirt
- Fiji Hindi: sat
Scots: schirt, shurt

References

“shirt(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

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