Where does “chekke” come from?

chekke (Middle English) comes from Old French eschec, 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.

Ancestry of “chekke”, step by step

chekke traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French eschec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschecfailure; check
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 Old French eschek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschekcheck

via Old French eschac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschac

Words derived from “chekke

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-
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