Where does “zártobnik” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zártobnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżartobliwyhumorous, jocular, tongue-in-cheek
2Polishżartjoke
3Polishżartowaćto joke, to kid
4Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
5Latin-owac—
6Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Latin -owac →