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One explanation is that the word derives from the old Norse word Beserker. A class of ancient worriers who worked themselves into a frenzy before battle and fought with insane fury. Also from the linked words Ber and Serkr meaning a 'bear shirt or a worrier clothed in a bear skin'

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Where did the word berserk come from?

Germany nitwits


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