Where does “са̀чекати” come from?
са̀чекати (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.
Ancestry of “са̀чекати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | че̏кати | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “са̀чекати”