Where does “cheker” come from?

cheker (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman escheker, from Latin scaccārium, from Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati — to sire, beget.

cheker (Middle English): A chessboard (checkerboard)

Definitions

  1. A chessboard (checkerboard)

Ancestry of “cheker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normaneschekerchessboard; exchequer; checkered pattern
2Latinscaccāriumchessboard
3LatinscaccusAPI; check
4Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
5Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
6Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
7Old Persian𐏋king
8Proto-Iranianxšáyati
9Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
10Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “cheker

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-