Where does “vărgușoară” come from?

vărgușoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian vargă, from Latin virga, from Proto-Italic wizgā, from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ — flexible rod or stick.

Ancestry of “vărgușoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvargărod
2Latinvirgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging;...
3Proto-Italicwizgā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwisgeh₂flexible rod or stick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wisgeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic wizgā →Every word from Latin virga →