Where does “păcurăriță” come from?

păcurăriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian păcurar, from Romanian păcură, from Late Latin picula, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

Ancestry of “păcurăriță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăcurarshepherd
2Romanianpăcurăoil; tar; naphtha
3Late Latinpiculatar
4Latinpixpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →