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