Where does “flăcărușă” come from?

flăcărușă (Romanian) comes from Romanian flacără, from Latin flacula, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.

Ancestry of “flăcărușă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	flacără	flame
2	Latin	flacula	—
3	Latin	facula	small torch
4	Latin	fax	torch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	ǵʷʰeh₂k-	to shine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- →Every word from Latin fax →Every word from Latin facula →