Where does “pâlcușor” come from?

pâlcușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian pâlc, from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Ancestry of “pâlcușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpâlcgroup, herd, flock; cluster, bunch, bevy
2Proto-Slavicpъlkъtroop
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Proto-Slavic pъlkъ →