Where does “szejk” come from?
szejk (Polish) comes from English shake, from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan.
szejk (Polish): sheik
Ancestry of “szejk”, step by step
szejk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | shake | To cause to move rapidly in opposite directions... |
| 2 | Middle English | schaken | To shake or quake |
| 3 | Old English | sċeacan | — |
via Arabic شَيْخ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شَيْخ | sheikh; an elder in charge; elder |
| 2 | Arabic | شَاخَ | to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow... |