Where does “codăniță” come from?

codăniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian codan, from Romanian coadă, from Latin cōda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

Ancestry of “codăniță”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	codan	long-tailed
2	Romanian	coadă	tail
3	Latin	cōda	—
4	Latin	cauda	A tail
5	Proto-Italic	kaudā	tail
6	Proto-Indo-European	keh₂udeh₂	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →