Where does “păpușoiaș” come from?

păpușoiaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian păpușoi, from Romanian păpușă, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

Ancestry of “păpușoiaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăpușoimaize, corn
2Romanianpăpușădoll; puppet; pupa or nymph/larva in certain...
3Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
4Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →