Linguistic Archaeology: Going Berserk

Berserk in almost every language

1. Berserk
2. Bēririkiki
3. Hayij
4. Biersierk
5. Bārsārka
6. Kuángbào
7. Mahnit
8. Šílený
9. Fou furieux
10. Berserk’i
11. Berserker
12. Exo frenón
13. Bērska
14. MAB* (hebrew)
15. Nidar
16. Berserkur
17. Mengamuk
18. Beruseruku
19. Barsark
20. Bi sa khvi s
21. Maenglyeolhan
22. Insanus (latin)
23. Berserkas
24. Berserakan
25. Bersk
26. Peekereke
27. Bērarska
28. Byersyerk
29. B* (odia)
30. BR*R* (pashto)
31. Bēsaraka
32. Înnebunit
33. Shirkadda
34. Enloquecido
35. Bärsärk
36. Percerk
37. BEPPEPK (tatar)
38. çılgın
39. IBerserk


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
18  46%     25  64%    15  38%   5   12%        8    20%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
25  64%    3     7%       3     7%      2    5%         4    10%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
4   10%      1    2%       25  64%     4  10%        4     10%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
12  30%     3    7%       1     2%      24  61%       21  53%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
0     0%      1    2%       0      0%      2      5%       4    10%

Z       %
0     0%


Popularity of use
64% K, B, E: B* (odia),
61% R, K, B, E: BR*R* (pashto),
53% S, R, K, B, E: Berserk, Berserker, Bersk,
46% A, S, R, K, B, E: Bēsaraka, Bärsärk, Bērarska, Bērska, Barsark, Berserkas, Bārsārka,
38% I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Berserk’i, IBerserk, Bēririkiki, Biersierk,
30% N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Berserakan,
20% U, N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Berserkur, Beruseruku, Înnebunit, Insanus (latin),
12% O, U, N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E:
10% Y, M, L, H, G, O, U, N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Maenglyeolhan, Byersyerk, MAB* (hebrew), Mengamuk, Kuángbào, Mahnit, Šílený,
7% P, D, C, Y, M, L, H, G, O, U, N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Percerk, BEPPEPK (tatar), çılgın, Peekereke, Shirkadda, Nidar,
5% X, F, P, D, C, Y, M, L, H, G, O, U, N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Fou furieux, Exo frenón,
2% V, Q, J, X, F, P, D, C, Y, M, L, H, G, O, U, N, I, A, S, R, K, B, E: Bi sa khvi s, Enloquecido, Hayij,
0% T, W, Z


Conclusion: It includes the rare K linguistic group like JapaneseF and OlmecMF (And it looks most likely to be an Ancestor of the Olmec culture).

Berserk is seen in the partial form B* (odia) at 64%, followed by the partial form BR*R* (pashto) at 61%. Its first intact forms are at 53% with Berserk (widespread including norwegian, finnish, danish, dutch, and esperanto), Berserker (german), and Bersk (malayalam). A peak in Berserk behaviour occurs at 46% with decline down to 20%.

At 12% there is a cultural bandgap.

This is followed by a resurgence of berserk behaviour post latin with an identical peak in berserk behaviour around 10% followed by decline down to 2%.

I wonder if the Epilepsy gene associated with berserkers can be found in Olmec and JapaneseF genepools.