Where does “sakkban tart” come from?

sakkban tart (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.

sakkban tart (Hungarian): to hold someone in check

Definitions

  1. to hold someone in check

Ancestry of “sakkban tart”, step by step

sakkban tart 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 tárt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantártthird-person singular indicative past indefinite...
2Hungariantárstorehouse, repository; cabinet, collection;...
3Serbo-Croatiantovarcargo; burden; load
4Proto-Slavictovarъloading
5Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyatiEvery word from Proto-Iranian xšáyati