schaec
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