Etymograph

English

Sercquiais

Sercquiais comes from French sercquiais ‘Sarkese’, from Sercq ‘Sark’, and ultimately from Medieval Latin Sargia.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Sargiaearlier origin unknown
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentSercq‘Sark’
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentsercquiais‘Sarkese’
  4. EnglishtodaySercquiais

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Sargiaearlier origin unknown
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentSercq‘Sark’
  3. French, derivedc. 1600–presentsercquiais‘Sarkese’
  4. EnglishtodaySercquiais

Today it means

name A language spoken on Sark, one of the Channel Islands.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Medieval Latin Sargia / Sercquiais