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
- chess championship
Ancestry of “sakkbajnokság”, step by step
sakkbajnokság traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian sakk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sakk | chess; check |
| 2 | German | schāch | chess game |
| 3 | Middle High German | schāch | — |
| 4 | Latin | scacci | chess |
| 5 | Latin | scaccus | API; check |
| 6 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 7 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 9 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via Hungarian bajnokság
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bajnokság | championship |
| 2 | Hungarian | bajnok | champion; paladin; champion, paladin |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | bȏjnīk | duelist |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | bȏj | battle |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | bojь | battle, fight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰoyh₂ós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyh₂- | to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut |