Where does “checksummer” come from?

checksummer (English) comes from English checksum, from English check, from English chequer, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه — to sire, beget.

checksummer (English): An algorithm that computes a checksum

Definitions

  1. An algorithm that computes a checksum

Ancestry of “checksummer”, step by step

checksummer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English checksum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchecksumA number, derived by applying a suitable...
2EnglishcheckA situation in which the king is directly...
3EnglishchequerThe edible fruit of the wild service tree,...
4Old Frencheschequierexchequer
5Medieval Latinscaccariumchess board; chessboard; exchequer
6Vulgar Latinscaccuschess
7Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
8Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
9Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
10Old Persian𐏋king
11Proto-Iranianxšáyati
12Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
13Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-