Where does “Schachfigur” come from?

Schachfigur (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.

Schachfigur (German): chess piece; pawn

Definitions

  1. chess piece; pawn

Ancestry of “Schachfigur”, step by step

Schachfigur 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 Figur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFigurfigure, figurine; character; piece
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati →Every word from Proto-Iranian xšáyati →