Where does “puiuc” come from?

puiuc (Romanian) comes from Romanian pui, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

Ancestry of “puiuc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpuichicken; chick; cub, youngling, nestling, whelp,...
2LatinpullusA young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European polHwós →Every word from Latin pullus →