Where does “unghișoară” come from?

unghișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian unghie, from Vulgar Latin ungla, from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

Ancestry of “unghișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianunghienail, fingernail, toenail
2Vulgar Latinungla—
3Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
4Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →Every word from Latin unguis →Every word from Latin ungula →