Where does “Cocargeanu” come from?

Cocargeanu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Cocargea, from Turkish kokarca, from Turkish -çe, from Ottoman Turkish -ce, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

Ancestry of “Cocargeanu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianCocargeaRenamed to Pietreni
2Turkishkokarcapolecat
3Turkish-çelike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...
4Ottoman Turkish-ce
5Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čeEvery word from Turkish -çeEvery word from Turkish kokarca