Where does “jocu” come from?

jocu (Sicilian) comes from Latin jocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

jocu (Sicilian): game

Definitions

  1. game

Ancestry of “jocu”, step by step

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