Where does “hăitușcă” come from?

hăitușcă (Romanian) comes from Romanian haită, from Hungarian hajtó, from Hungarian hajt, from Proto-Ugric kajɜ- — to bend, stoop; to chase, hunt, stalk, shoot.

Ancestry of “hăitușcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhaităpack
2Hungarianhajtódriving a vehicle or machine
3Hungarianhajtto fold, to bend; to herd, to drive; to move, to...
4Proto-Ugrickajɜ-to bend, stoop; to chase, hunt, stalk, shoot
Every word from Proto-Ugric kajɜ- →Every word from Hungarian hajt →Every word from Hungarian hajtó →