shalk
English
Alternative forms
- schalk, schak, schaik, shack
Etymology
From Middle English schalk, scalk, from Old English scealc (“servant; man, soldier, sailor”), from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (“servant, knight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave, separate, part, divide”). Cognate with German Schalk (“joker”), Old Norse skálkr (“servant, rogue”) ( > Danish and Swedish skalk), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “servant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɔːk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Noun
shalk (plural shalks)
- (obsolete) A servant.
- (Britain dialectal) A man; fellow.
Anagrams
- Kahls, lakhs
Middle English
Noun
shalk
- Alternative form of schalk