Where does “măiculeață” come from?

măiculeață (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 “măiculeață”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	maică	mother
2	Serbo-Croatian	mȃjka	mother
3	Czech	-ka	Appended to words to create a feminine version of...
4	Proto-Slavic	-ъka	Denominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-kos	Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Czech -ka →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →