Where does “schaec” come from?

schaec (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skāk, from Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati — to sire, beget.

schaec (Middle Dutch): chess

Definitions

  1. chess

Ancestry of “schaec”, step by step

schaec traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch skāk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskāk
2LatinscaccusAPI; check
3Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
4Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
5Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
6Old Persian𐏋king
7Proto-Iranianxšáyati
8Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via Medieval Latin scaccus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinscaccusAPI; check

via Old French escac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescac

Words derived from “schaec

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-