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

• schâken

Descendants

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

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