Where does “codașcă” come from?

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

codașcă (Romanian): stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)

Definitions

  1. stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)

Ancestry of “codașcă”, step by step

codașcă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian coadă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancoadătail
2Latincōda—
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

via Romanian rădașcă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrădașcăstag beetle
2Bulgarianродачка—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →