Re: OT 50 States was: OT: Hemlines

From: Joe Zitzelberger (joe_zitzelberger_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/11/03 

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:16:24 -0500

And "plaid" derives from the gaelic for "blanket"...

In article <bqg49o$fb$1@si05.rsvl.unisys.com>,
 "Chuck Stevens" <charles.stevens@unisys.com> wrote:
> Are you sure they called them "skirts" back then? Neither the word "skirt"
> nor the etymologically-similar word "shirt" is of Celtic origin, but rather
> Germanic (the earlier "shirt" representing a more direct West Germanic root,
> the later "skirt" being a Scandinavian import of almost certainly the same
> root).
>
> Likewise "kilt" is of Scandinavian origin *as a verb* (wrap around, cause to
> overlap?), and doesn't seem to appear *as a noun* until around 1730. I'd
> have expected a Celtic word for this garment.
>
> -Chuck Stevens
>
> "James J. Gavan" <jjgavan@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:3FC928E5.ABD46D81@shaw.ca...
> > And back when you're talking about,
> > there weren't 'kilts' but men wore 'skirts', or a piece of cloth wrapped
> > around their midriff. Not just the Irish and Scots, but probably the Welsh
> > as well and no doubt the early 'Britons' prior to Roman occupation.
> Bearing
> > in mind the Celts originally extended into Eastern Europe, no doubt many
> of
> > those folks wore makeshift 'skirts' until some lady took on the title of
> > seamstress.
>
>