Etymology

skirret

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Today it means: An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots. Full definition →

Dutch suikerwortel
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  1. Dutch · derived fromsuikerwortel
  2. English todayskirret

From Dutch suikerwortel (literally “sugar-root”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.