Italian scherzo

← German scherzen (cognate)

← German Scherz (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *skirtaną (derived)

← Middle High German scherzen (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (derived)

← Italian scherzare (mention)

← Italian scherzare (cognate)

← Norwegian skjerta (cognate)

→ English scherzo (borrowed)

→ German Scherzo (borrowed)

→ Italian scherzetto (affix)

→ Italian scherzoso (suffix)

→ Venetian scherso (cognate)