Where does “flocoșică” come from?

flocoșică (Romanian) comes from Romanian flocos, from Latin floccosus, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flocoșică (Romanian): Yorkshire fog

Definitions

  1. Yorkshire fog

Ancestry of “flocoșică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianflocoshairy, wooly; flocculent
2Latinfloccosusfloccose
3Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
4Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
5Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô →