Where does “Scheckabschnitt” come from?

Scheckabschnitt (German) comes from German Scheck, from American English check, from Middle English chek, from Old French eschéc, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 — to sire, beget.

Scheckabschnitt (German): check stub, check counterfoil

Definitions

  1. check stub, check counterfoil

Ancestry of “Scheckabschnitt”, step by step

Scheckabschnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Scheck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanScheckcheck, cheque
2American EnglishcheckA situation in which the king is directly...
3Middle EnglishchekSaid when the opponent's king is under attack;...
4Old Frencheschécfailure (act of failing)
5Vulgar Latinscaccuschess
6Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
7Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
8Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
9Old Persian𐏋king
10Proto-Iranianxšáyati
11Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
12Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via German Abschnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbschnittsection; paragraph; segment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-