Where does “дочекати” come from?
дочекати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian че̏кати, 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.
дочекати (Serbo-Croatian): to welcome, receive, greet; to wait until; to...
Definitions
- to welcome, receive, greet; to wait until; to...
Ancestry of “дочекати”, step by step
дочекати traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian че̏кати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | че̏кати | to wait (for), await |
| 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 |
via Serbo-Croatian до̏
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | до̏ | only, except |
| 2 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 3 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 6 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 8 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 9 | English | Hyun | — |
| 10 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 11 | Chinese | 玄 | — |