Etymology

skirtlike

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Today it means: Resembling a skirt. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English skirt
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*skurtijǭ
  2. Old Norseskyrta
  3. Middle Englishskyrte
  4. Englishskirt
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. English todayskirtlike

From skirt + -like.

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