Silbentrennung
scher·zoAussprache
Etymologie
[ 'skert-(")sO ] (noun.) 1852. From Italian scherzo "joke, play", from scherzare "to joke, jest" from Old Italian scherzare, of Germanic origin, from Lombardic *skerzan "to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest" from Proto-Germanic *skirtanan (“to hop, jump”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen "to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down" (German scherzen "to joke"; Scherz "joke, sport"), Norwegian skjerta "to joke".