shalk
English
/ʃɔːk/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A servant.
- (UK) A man; fellow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schalk inherited from Old English scealc (soldier, servant, sailor, man) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (servant, knight) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kelH-
Gloss
split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cultellus Latin
- scalpellum Latin
- scalpō, scalpere Latin
- Schalk German
- schalkhaft German
- maarschalk Dutch, Flemish
- schalk Dutch, Flemish
- schalks Dutch, Flemish
- σκάλλω Ancient Greek
- σκάλμη Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel(H)p- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelHtro- Proto-Indo-European
- *skewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *skaljō Proto-Germanic
- *skalkaz Proto-Germanic
- *skalō Proto-Germanic
- *skelbaną Proto-Germanic
- *skelduz Proto-Germanic
- *skeulą Proto-Germanic
- *skiljaną Proto-Germanic
- *skilją Proto-Germanic
- *skulō Proto-Germanic
- *slībaną Proto-Germanic
- cealc Old English
- scealc Old English
- schalk Middle English
- marskal Danish
- schalc Middle Dutch
- skalk Old High German
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *halftrijā gmw-pro
- *skalk gmw-pro
- *skoltā Proto-Celtic
- *skalk Frankish
- *skalk lng