Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kerdʰ-

‘file, row, herd’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ-, most familiar first.

• shirt ← schirten ← schirte ← sċyrte ← *skurtijā
• shortly ← schortly ← sċortlīċe ← sċort ← *skurt
• herd ← herde ← hierd ← *herdu ← *herdō
• shortness ← schortnesse ← sċortnes ← sċort ← *skurt
• herder ← herde ← hyrde ← *hirdī ← *hirdijaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ-