Where does “pingeluță” come from?

pingeluță (Romanian) comes from Romanian pingea, from Ottoman Turkish پنچه, from Ottoman Turkish پنجه, from Persian پنجه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

Ancestry of “pingeluță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpingeasole
2Ottoman Turkishپنچهpaw
3Ottoman Turkishپنجه—
4Persianپنجهpaw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs
5PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
6Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
7Proto-Iranian-kah—
8Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →