Where does “Cucuieți” come from?

Cucuieți (Romanian) comes from Romanian cucuiat, from Romanian -ăt, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Ancestry of “Cucuieți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancucuiatcrested
2Romanian-ătAlternative form of -et
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Romanian -ăt →