Where does “жарт” come from?

жарт (Belarusian) comes from Polish żart, from Polish żartować, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

жарт (Belarusian): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “жарт”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżartjoke
2Polishżartowaćto joke, to kid
3Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
4Latin-owac—
5Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Latin -owac →