Where does “șagă” come from?

șagă (Romanian) comes from French saga, from Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

șagă (Romanian): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “șagă”, step by step

șagă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French saga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsagasaga
2Old Norsesegjato say, tell, declare
3Proto-Germanicsagjanąto say
4Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷ-h₁-yé-
5Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Hungarian szag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszagsmell, odor, odour
2Proto-Uralicśaŋkesmell

via Macedonian шега

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianшегаjoke, prank
2Proto-Slavic*šęgajoke, prank, silliness

Words derived from “șagă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-Every word from Proto-Germanic sagjaną