Where does “scherzare” come from?

scherzare (Old Italian) comes from Lombardic skerzan, from Proto-Germanic skertaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerǝd- — to dance, jump.

Ancestry of “scherzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lombardicskerzanto jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest
2Proto-Germanicskertanąto cut off; to leap, jump, spring; to jest, joke
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kerǝd-to dance, jump

Words derived from “scherzare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerǝd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skertaną →Every word from Lombardic skerzan →