[claytonwramsey]

note - "chess" is not a Germanic word (deriving from the Arabic شَاه (shah), meaning king). Ironically enough, it comes to English via the Old French eschés, meaning that "lichess" is arguably made from entirely French roots.

[o11c]

Hm, I guess the "libre" is French, but "live", "light", and most importantly "lich" are all German.

If we look for relatives of "libre", they include "leed"(song) and the first half of Leopold (adding "bold") and Luther (adding "army"). The common meaning is "people".