Where does “țepulică” come from?

țepulică (Romanian) comes from Romanian țeapă, from Albanian thep, from Proto-Albanian tsaipa, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos.

Ancestry of “țepulică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianțeapăstick; spike; thorn, prick, spine, splinter
2Albaniantheppeak; point; cog
3Proto-Albaniantsaipa—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoypos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoypos →Every word from Proto-Albanian tsaipa →Every word from Albanian thep →