Where does “šakkinappula” come from?

šakkinappula (Finnish) comes from Finnish säkki, from Swedish schack, from German schāch, from Middle High German schāch, from Latin scacci, from Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه — to sire, beget.

šakkinappula (Finnish): chess piece, chessman

Definitions

  1. chess piece, chessman

Ancestry of “šakkinappula”, step by step

šakkinappula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish säkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäkkisack; gunny sack; sackcloth
2Swedishschackchess; a game of strategy for two players; check;...
3Germanschāchchess game
4Middle High Germanschāch
5Latinscaccichess
6LatinscaccusAPI; check
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 Finnish nappula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnappulapush button; stone, man; kid, child
2Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
3Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-