Where does “iesculiță” come from?

iesculiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian iască, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “iesculiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiascătinder, touchwood, punk; any of several kinds of...
2Latinēscafood
3Latinedōto eat
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →