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Where does “sakit” come from?

sakit (Finnish) comes from Finnish sakki, 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.

sakit (Finnish): Nominative plural form of sakki

Definitions

  1. Nominative plural form of sakki

Ancestry of “sakit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakkigang, crowd; Alternative spelling of šakki
2Swedishschackchess; a game of strategy for two players; check;...
3Germanschāch—
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
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