Where does “czary-mary” come from?

czary-mary (Polish) comes from Polish mary, from Polish mara, from Proto-Slavic mara.

czary-mary (Polish): hocus-pocus!

Definitions

  1. hocus-pocus!

Ancestry of “czary-mary”, step by step

czary-mary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish mary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmaryinflection of mara: ## genitive singular ##...
2Polishmaradream, nightmare; A creature that drinks the...
3Proto-Slavicmara—

via Polish czary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczary—
Every word from Proto-Slavic mara →Every word from Polish mara →Every word from Polish mary →