köken: ⟨tano₁siki₁⟩ → */tanʷosikʲi/ → /tanoshii/ From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. No Ryukyuan cognates exist; as a result, further derivation unknown. Theories include: * A compound of 手 (ta, “hand”, combining form) + 伸す (nosu, “to extend”) *: This is problematic, as nosu has first been attested starting from the early 900s, with no A/B distinction (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai…
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 즐〮겁다〮 (Yale: cúlkèptá). Probably from an older root 즑— (culk-, “happy”) and suffix —ㅸ— (- ㅸ-, “-W-”). See also 즐기다 (jeulgida, “to enjoy”).
köken: The word possibly originally meant "wasteful, diminishing, useless" (in which case, compare hupa for semantic shift), in which case it might be related to haaska and derived from haja-.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Old French muser Old French amuser Middle French amuser French amuserbor. Esperanto amuzi Esperanto -a Esperanto amuza From amuzi + -a.
to be enjoyed, enjoyable, pleasing, delightful, beautiful
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- Sanskrit रम् (ram) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Sanskrit -य (-ya) Sanskrit रम्य From Proto-Indo-European *h₁róm-yo-s, from *h₁rem- (“to rest, to enjoy”). The Sanskrit root is रम् (ram).