Where does “sjekkhefte” come from?
sjekkhefte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sjekk, from English check, from English chequer, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه — to sire, beget.
sjekkhefte (Norwegian Bokmål): a chequebook or cheque book (UK), checkbook (US)
Definitions
- a chequebook or cheque book (UK), checkbook (US)
Ancestry of “sjekkhefte”, step by step
sjekkhefte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sjekk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sjekk | check, cheque; inspection; examination; check;... |
| 2 | English | check | A situation in which the king is directly... |
| 3 | English | chequer | The edible fruit of the wild service tree,... |
| 4 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 7 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 8 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 10 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |