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Middle Dutch schaec (derived)
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Old French échec (cognate)
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Middle High German schāch (inherited)
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Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (derived)
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Old Persian 𐏋 (derived)
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English chess (cognate)
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English check (cognate)
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Hungarian sakk (borrowed)
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Luxembourgish Schach (borrowed)
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Romanian șah (borrowed)