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Where does “сачекати” come from?

сачекати (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 “сачекати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianче̏кати—
2EnglishcheckA situation in which the king is directly...
3EnglishchequerThe edible fruit of the wild service tree,...
4Old Frencheschequierexchequer
5Medieval Latinscaccariumchess board; chessboard; exchequer
6Vulgar Latinscaccuschess
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

Words derived from “сачекати”

  • сачекивати
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