sark
English
/sɑːk/
noun
Definitions
- (Scotland) A shirt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English serk inherited from Old English serc (shirt, coat of mail) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (shirt, hauberk, armour) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *ser- (bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ser-
Gloss
bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
糸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assertion English
- assertive English
- assort English
- bare English
- baresark English
- bear English
- berserk English
- berserkly English
- berserkness English
- dissertation English
- insertable English
- sermonette English
- uninsertable English
- Sarantes Latin
- Saris Latin
- Sars Latin
- Serante Latin
- assertus Latin
- consors Latin
- cōnsors Latin
- desero Latin
- desertor Latin
- desertus Latin
- dissertatio Latin
- disserto Latin
- exsertus Latin
- insertus Latin
- sera Latin
- seraceum Latin
- series Latin
- seriēs Latin
- sermōnem, sermō Latin
- sermōnārī Latin
- sertus Latin
- serum Latin
- servo Latin
- servāre Latin
- sors Latin
- sortem Latin
- sermo Italian
- sermone Italian
- ἔνερσις Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμῆς Ancient Greek
- ἥρως Ancient Greek
- ὀρός Ancient Greek
- ὁρμή Ancient Greek
- ὁρός Ancient Greek
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- *sermō Proto-Indo-European
- *swerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sarkiz Proto-Germanic
- *streþaną Proto-Germanic
- särk Swedish
- serc Old English
- sierce Old English
- सरत् Sanskrit
- serk Middle English
- berserkr Old Norse
- serkr Old Norse
- *sьrbъ Proto-Slavic
- sermon Old French
- Sarria Galician
- désertion Middle French
- *hera Proto-Finnic
- særker Old Swedish
- *sortis Proto-Italic
- sark Scots
- 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *héřřō Proto-Hellenic
- *həřřéyō Proto-Hellenic
- *serg- bat-pro