Schalk

German (Berlin)

/ʃalk/

noun

Definitions

(dated) joker; rogue

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German skalk (serf) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (servant, knight).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skalkaz

Gloss

servant, knight

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

shalk English
schalkhaft German
*(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
*skalkaz Proto-Germanic
scealc Old English
schalk Middle English
marskal Danish
skalk Old High German
𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 Gothic
*skalk gmw-pro
*skalk Frankish
*skalk lng

schalkhaft