Where does “șahistic” come from?

șahistic (Romanian) comes from Romanian șahist, from Romanian șah, from German schāch, from Middle High German schāch, from Latin scacci, from Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه — to sire, beget.

șahistic (Romanian): chess

Definitions

  1. chess

Ancestry of “șahistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșahistchess player
2Romanianșahchess; chess set; check
3Germanschāchchess game
4Middle High Germanschāch
5Latinscaccichess
6LatinscaccusAPI; check
7Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
8Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
9Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
10Old Persian𐏋king
11Proto-Iranianxšáyati
12Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
13Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyatiEvery word from Proto-Iranian xšáyati