Where does “măicușoară” come from?

măicușoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian maică, from Serbo-Croatian mȃjka, from Czech -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Ancestry of “măicușoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmaicămother
2Serbo-Croatianmȃjkamother
3Czech-kaAppended to words to create a feminine version of...
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Czech -ka →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →