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Skirt

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a garment that hangs from the waist, covering the lower body
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Stage 1 of 2
skyrta
Old Norse · medieval
"a shirt, a short garment"
a shirt or a short garment, a doublet of the native English word shirt
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Stage 2 of 2
skirt
English · 1300s
"a garment hanging from the waist"
narrowed to mean specifically the lower part of a woman's garment
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