Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sarkiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to string; tie; attach; connect; sleep with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑr.kiz/

Noun

*sarkiz m

1. sark, shirt
2. coat of mail

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *sarkiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sarkiz	*sarkīz
vocative	*sarki	*sarkīz
accusative	*sarkį	*sarkinz
genitive	*sarkīz	*sarkijǫ̂
dative	*sarkī	*sarkimaz
instrumental	*sarkī	*sarkimiz

Related terms

• *sarwą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sarki
  • Old English: sierċe, serċ, syrċ, syriċ; serċe, syrċe, sirċe
    • Middle English: serk, serke, sark (through the Anglian variant)
      • Scots: serk, sark
      • English: sark
  • Old Frisian: *serk
    • North Frisian: serk, särk
• Old Norse: serkr
  • Icelandic: serkur
  • Faroese: serkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: serk
  • Old Swedish: særker
    • Swedish: särk
  • Old Danish: særk
    • Danish: særk
      • Norwegian Bokmål: serk
  • Scanian: særk