Proto-Germanic

*skertaną

‘to hop, jump’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *skertaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *skertaną, most familiar first.

• short ← schort ← sċort ← *skurt ← *skurtaz
• shirt ← schirt ← sċyrte ← *skurtijā ← *skurtijǭ
• shortly ← schortly ← sċortlīċe ← sċort ← *skurt
• skirt ← scyrt ← skyrta ← *skurtijǭ ← *skurtaz
• shortness ← schortnesse ← sċortnes ← sċort ← *skurt
• shortbread ← short ← schort ← sċort ← *skurt
• scherzo ← scherzare ← *skerzan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skertaną