Where does “cuculă” come from?

cuculă (Romanian) comes from French cuculle, from Latin cucullus, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

cuculă (Romanian): a cloak with a hood or cowl mostly used by Catholic monks

Definitions

  1. a cloak with a hood or cowl mostly used by Catholic monks

Ancestry of “cuculă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcuculle—
2Latincucullusa covering for the head, hood, cowl; a conical...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeankuH-l-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l- →Every word from Latin cucullus →