Etymology

skirtalls

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Today it means: Overalls with a skirt at the bottom. Full definition →

English overalls ← Middle English skyrte ← Old Norse skyrta
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*skertaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*skurtaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*skurtijǭ
  5. Old Norseskyrta
  6. Middle Englishskyrte
  7. Englishskirt
  8. Englishoveralls
  9. English todayskirtalls

Blend of skirt + overalls.

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