Where does “măscăricie” come from?

măscăricie (Romanian) comes from Romanian măscărici, from Romanian măscări, from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti — to go.

măscăricie (Romanian): clownery

Definitions

  1. clownery

Ancestry of “măscăricie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăscăriciclown, court jester
2Romanianmăscărito mock, to ridicule
3Romanianiand
4Old Church Slavonicиand; him
5Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
6Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
7Old Polishićto go
8Proto-Slavicjьtito go
9Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →