Where does “szachoboks” come from?

szachoboks (Polish) comes from Polish szachy, from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.

szachoboks (Polish): chess boxing

Definitions

  1. chess boxing

Ancestry of “szachoboks”, step by step

szachoboks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish szachy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishszachychess
2Polish-ynominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...
3Old Polish-yforms adjectives
4Proto-Slavicthis; he
5Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
6Old Polishto go
7Proto-Slavicjьtito go
8Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Polish boks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishboksboxing; box, enclosure for animals
2EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
3Middle EnglishboxA cylindrical jar; A case, container or strongbox
4Old Englishboxbox; box tree
5Proto-West Germanic*buhsābox, casket
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-