shalk

English

Alternative forms

• schalk, schak, schaik, shack

Etymology

From Middle English schalk, scalk, from Old English scealc (“servant; man, soldier, sailor”), from Proto-West Germanic *skalk, 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)

1. (obsolete) A servant.
2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow.

Anagrams

• Kahls, lakhs

Middle English

Noun

shalk

1. Alternative form of schalk