Where does “żonglować” come from?

żonglować (Polish) comes from French jongler, from Old French jogler, from Latin ioculari, from Latin ioculor, from Latin ioculus, from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos — to utter.

żonglować (Polish): to juggle

Definitions

  1. to juggle

Ancestry of “żonglować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjonglerto juggle; to entertain; to think, to ponder
2Old Frenchjogler
3Latiniocularipresent active infinitive of ioculor
4LatinioculorAlternative form of iocor; to jest, to make fun;...
5Latinioculusa little jest
6Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
7Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek-