Where does “Dauerschach” come from?

Dauerschach (German) comes from German schāch, from Middle High German schāch, from Latin scacci, from Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋 — to sire, beget.

Dauerschach (German): perpetual check

Definitions

  1. perpetual check

Ancestry of “Dauerschach”, step by step

Dauerschach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schāch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschāchchess game
2Middle High Germanschāch
3Latinscaccichess
4LatinscaccusAPI; check
5Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
6Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
7Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
8Old Persian𐏋king
9Proto-Iranianxšáyati
10Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
11Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via German dauer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandauerinflection of dauern: ## first-person singular...
2Germandauernto last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be...
3Middle High Germandūren
4Middle Low Germandūren
5Old Frenchdurerto last
6Latindūrōto harden, make hard
7Latindūrus
8Proto-Italicdūros
9Proto-Indo-Europeanduh₂-ró-slong, far
10Proto-Indo-Europeandweh₂-far; long
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyatiEvery word from Proto-Iranian xšáyati