schaec
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Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *skāk, from Latin scaccus, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”).
Noun[edit]
schâec m or n
- chess
- chessboard
- chess piece
- check (threatening the king)
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Dutch: schaak
- Limburgish: sjaak (with a rather than expected ao)
- →? Middle High German: schāch
- German: Schach
Further reading[edit]
- “scaec”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schaec (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Categories:
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Classical Persian
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch nouns
- Middle Dutch masculine nouns
- Middle Dutch neuter nouns
- Middle Dutch nouns with multiple genders
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