Schach

Significat (Anglès)

1. (neuter,strong) chess (game)
2. (neuter,strong) check (chess situation in which the king is directly threatened)

Sinònims

Schachspiel

Spiel der Könige

herrscht

Königin

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regiert

Schachpartie

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃax/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: schāch

Cognat amb italià: scacco

Cognat amb francès antic: échec

In summary

From Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”). Doublet of Check, Schah, and Scheck.
Oriental words were usually borrowed into Middle High German through Italian or Old French. Therefore the final /x/ is remarkable, because this sound was replaced with /k/ in Italian scacco, Old French échec. There are two possible explanations for this: Either the word was borrowed directly from Arabic during the early Crusades, or it was borrowed through Middle Dutch schaec and the -ch goes back to artificial reproduction of the High German consonant shift (as happened in several other words).