Where does “ika-” come from?

ika- (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Austronesian Sika-, from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

ika- (Cebuano): Used to form ordinal numbers; Attached to a...

Definitions

  1. Used to form ordinal numbers; Attached to a...

Ancestry of “ika-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-AustronesianSika-—
2FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
3Proto-Finniccikapig
4Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “ika-”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-Finnic cika →Every word from Finnish Sika →