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Where does “сачекивати” come from?

сачекивати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian са̀чекати, 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 — to sire, beget.

сачекивати (Serbo-Croatian): imperfective form of са̀чекати

Definitions

  1. imperfective form of са̀чекати

Ancestry of “сачекивати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianса̀чекати—
2Serbo-Croatianче̏кати—
3EnglishcheckA situation in which the king is directly...
4EnglishchequerThe edible fruit of the wild service tree,...
5Old Frencheschequierexchequer
6Medieval Latinscaccariumchess board; chessboard; exchequer
7Vulgar Latinscaccuschess
8Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
9Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
10Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
11Old Persian𐏋king
12Proto-Iranianxšáyati—
13Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
14Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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