Where does “cenușăriță” come from?

cenușăriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian cenușar, from Romanian cenușă, from Vulgar Latin cinusia, from Latin cinus, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- — to set oneself in motion, arise.

Ancestry of “cenușăriță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancenușarash box
2Romaniancenușăash; cinder
3Vulgar Latincinusiaash
4Latincinus
5Latinciniscold ashes; ruins of a burned city
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱen-to set oneself in motion, arise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱen-Every word from Latin cinisEvery word from Latin cinus