The English word ‘shirt’ has the same origin as ‘skirt’.

[yvanspijk@toot.community]

The English word ‘shirt’ has the same origin as ‘skirt’.

While ‘shirt’ directly stems from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn, ‘skirt’ was borrowed from its Old Norse descendant.

Here’s number 10 in my doublet series: English doublets with a Germanic origin.

Tomorrow: German.

I started this series with English doublets that have a Latin origin. Here’s the link to that post:
https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/115747696277790852