serk

Middle English

Alternative forms

• serke, sark, cerke, suric, sarke, sirke, scherk, syrke, serc

Etymology

Inherited from Old English serc, from Proto-West Germanic *sarki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrk/, /sark/

Noun

serk (plural serkes)

1. A shirt used as an undergarment (e.g. an undershirt or chemise)

Descendants

• English: sark
• Scots: sark, serk

References

• “serk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse serkr (“shirt”), from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz.

Noun

serk m (definite singular serken, indefinite plural serker or serkar, definite plural serkene or serkane)

1. undergarment for women, chemise

Derived terms

• brynjeserk (“loose chain mail”)
• hjarteserk (“pericardium”)
• nattserk (“night gown”)

Related terms

• berserk

Old Frisian

Ēn serk.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos). Compare modern Dutch zerk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈserk/, [ˈsærk]

Noun

serk m

1. gravestone

Old Norse

Noun

serk

1. accusative/dative singular indefinite of serkr