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Where does “sakk-készlet” come from?

sakk-készlet (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sakk, from German schāch, from Middle High German schāch, from Latin scacci, from Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 — to sire, beget.

sakk-készlet (Hungarian): chess set

Definitions

  1. chess set

Ancestry of “sakk-készlet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansakkchess; check
2Germanschāch—
3Middle High Germanschāch—
4Latinscaccichess
5LatinscaccusAPI; check
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
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