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Where does “ŝerco” come from?
ŝerco (Esperanto) comes from German Scherz, from Middle High German scherz.
ŝerco
(Esperanto): joke
Definitions
joke
Ancestry of “ŝerco”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
German
Scherz
joke; frolic
2
Middle High German
scherz
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Words derived from “ŝerco”
ŝerca
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