sierce

Old English

Alternative forms

serċ, syrċ, syriċ m
serċe, syrċe, sirċe f

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sarki; related to Old Norse serkr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsi͜yr.t͡ʃe/, [ˈsi͜yrˠ.t͡ʃe]

Noun

sierċe f

shirt, chemise

Descendants

Middle English: serk, serke, sark (through the Anglian variant)
- Scots: serk, sark
- English: sark

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrdьce, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

(10^th-15^th CE) /ɕɛrt͡sɛ/
(15^th CE) /ɕɛrt͡sɛ/

Noun

sierce n

heart
- Beginning of the 15th century, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎, page 5a:
  Ten tho czesarsz rzymsky, choscz[i] mu gest bilo tho ymø Octauianus dzano
  Ten to cesarz rzymski, cożc[i] mu jest było to imię Oktawijanus dziano

Descendants

Polish: serce
Silesian: serce

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “sierce”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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