schaec

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skāk, from Latin scaccus, from Persian شاه‎ (šâh, “king”).

Noun

schâec m or n

  1. chess
  2. chessboard
  3. chess piece
  4. check (threatening the king)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Dutch: schaak
  • Limburgish: sjaak (with unetymological a rather than expected ao)

Further reading
  • “scaec”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “schaec (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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