Etymology

serdyuk

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Today it means: a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Army. Full definition →

Ukrainian сердю́к ← Ottoman Turkish سورتوك
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromسورتوك“streetwalker, dirty vagrant”
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromсердю́к
  3. English todayserdyuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian сердю́к (serdjúk), in turn originated from Ottoman Turkish سورتوك (“streetwalker, dirty vagrant”). Compare Turkish sürtük.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.