Where does “sakkbajnokság” come from?

sakkbajnokság (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.

sakkbajnokság (Hungarian): chess championship

Definitions

  1. chess championship

Ancestry of “sakkbajnokság”, step by step

sakkbajnokság traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian sakk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansakkchess; check
2Germanschāchchess game
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

via Hungarian bajnokság

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbajnokságchampionship
2Hungarianbajnokchampion; paladin; champion, paladin
3Serbo-Croatianbȏjnīkduelist
4Serbo-Croatianbȏjbattle
5Proto-Slavicbojьbattle, fight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoyh₂ós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut

Words derived from “sakkbajnokság

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyatiEvery word from Proto-Iranian xšáyati