Where does “jocușor” come from?

jocușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian joc, from Latin jocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

jocușor (Romanian): small game

Definitions

  1. small game

Ancestry of “jocușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianjocgame, play; first-person singular present...
2LatinjocusAlternative spelling of iocus; joke, jest
3Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →