Where does “miștocărie” come from?

miștocărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian miștocar, from Romanian mișto, from Romani miśto, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞, from Sanskrit मिष्ट, from Sanskrit मृष्ट, from Sanskrit मृज्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- — to wipe off, wipe clean.

miștocărie (Romanian): mockery

Definitions

  1. mockery

Ancestry of “miștocărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmiștocarmocker, scoffer
2Romanianmiștogreat, cool, awesome
3Romanimiśtowell
4Sauraseni Prakrit𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞—
5Sanskritमिष्टdainty, delicate, sweet
6Sanskritमृष्टsavoury; sweet; polished
7Sanskritमृज्to wipe
8Proto-Indo-European*h₃merǵ-to wipe off, wipe clean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- →Every word from Sanskrit मृज् →Every word from Sanskrit मृष्ट →